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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.
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 Torah.
(b) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Korah.
2. 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?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.
3. 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) “A die.”
(d) “Bad memories.”
4. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.
5. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?
(a) He became more judgmental.
(b) He became more reserved.
(c) He became more outspoken.
(d) He became more sympathetic.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
2. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
3. 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?
4. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?
5. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?
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