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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Boston University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Dallas University.
(d) Atlanta University.

2. What is not allowed at the “Club,” according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Loitering.
(b) Women.
(c) Solicitation.
(d) Gambling.

3. How much money per week does the narrator earn as the “reader” at the cigar factory in Chapter 5?
(a) $25.
(b) $10.
(c) $15.
(d) $8.

4. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?
(a) Bruneau’s.
(b) Picconi’s.
(c) Lambert's.
(d) Mendelssohn's.

5. Within how much time is the narrator able to speak Spanish like a native after working at the factory in Chapter 5?
(a) 9 moths.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a term used by the narrator to refer to a person who is born from one white parent and one black parent?

3. How does the narrator describe the chairs in the parlor at the rooming house where he arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?

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