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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose schoolwork did the narrator largely complete for him, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Shiny's.
(b) The Girl's.
(c) Red Head’s.
(d) Walter's.

2. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?
(a) The mathematics building.
(b) The gymnasium.
(c) The industrial building.
(d) The library.

3. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?
(a) Running a business.
(b) Interpreting the Bible.
(c) An accompanist.
(d) Composing music.

4. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?
(a) A gold pocket watch.
(b) A 100-year-old sword.
(c) A croquet set.
(d) A puppy.

5. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 20 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?

2. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?

4. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?

5. How old does the narrator say he was when he “appeared on a program with a number of adults at an entertainment given for some charitable purpose, and carried off the honors” in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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