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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?
(a) The Korah.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Episcopal Prayer-book.

2. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue foot.
(b) Green eyes.
(c) Black hair.
(d) Red Head.

3. What nickname does the narrator give to the boy in his class whose face he describes as “black as night, but shone as though it was polished” in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue Eyes.
(b) Red head.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Onyx.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “In the life of every one there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with” what?
(a) “Extreme pressure.”
(b) “Vivid detail.”
(c) “Bad memories.”
(d) “A die.”

5. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?
(a) 600-800.
(b) 200-250.
(c) 1,200-1,500.
(d) 300-400.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?

2. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?

3. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. To whom does the narrator claim to have developed a “sympathetic bond” with at school in Chapter 2?

5. Who collected the Uncle Remus stories in the narrative?

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