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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What habit does the narrator say he picked up on very young that “makes the piano a sympathetic, singing instrument” in Chapter 2?
(a) Using the pedals.
(b) Playing the black keys.
(c) Playing with his eyes closed.
(d) Playing the wrong notes.

2. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?
(a) “A practical joke on society.”
(b) “Fairy tales for the forgotten.”
(c) “Double rainbows.”
(d) “Anecdotes on nature’s whimsy.”

3. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
(a) The Girl.
(b) Red Head.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Joel Chandler Harris.

4. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?
(a) A pair of shoes.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A necktie.
(d) A hat.

5. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Giving violin lessons.
(c) Tutoring students.
(d) Growing vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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