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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator’s landlady tells him that the average price for a music teacher within the African American community is how much in Chapter 5?
(a) $0.25.
(b) $0.65.
(c) $0.75.
(d) $0.40.

3. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?
(a) Gospel.
(b) Reggae.
(c) Blues.
(d) Ragtime.

4. How much money does the narrator lose on his second trip to the gambling house in Chapter 8?
(a) $120.
(b) $50.
(c) $185.
(d) $235.

5. 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?
(a) “Devil.”
(b) “Indian.”
(c) “White man.”
(d) “Animals.”

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?

2. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?

3. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

4. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?

5. The husband of the woman who runs the boarding house is from where in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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