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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?
(a) “An animal.”
(b) “A slave.”
(c) “A coloured man.”
(d) “Society.”

2. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A watch.
(c) A fishing rod.
(d) A piano.

3. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?
(a) Slidebars.
(b) Pedals.
(c) White keys.
(d) Black keys.

4. How much money per week is the room that the narrator rents at the boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) $7.95.
(b) $3.50.
(c) $5.75.
(d) $2.00.

5. Who does the narrator say stood at the head of his list of heroes for a long time in Chapter 2?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Jesus.
(d) King David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?

2. How old is the narrator when his mother decides to enter him into public school?

3. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?

5. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?

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