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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A five-dollar silver piece.
(b) A two-dollar silver piece.
(c) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(d) A five-dollar gold piece.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 2 of his mother that he did not remember “ever having seen her with a book in her hand, with the exception of” what?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Episcopal Prayer-book.

3. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Glass bottles.
(b) Cherry trees.
(c) A white picket fence.
(d) Large rocks.

4. Who does the narrator say stood at the head of his list of heroes for a long time in Chapter 2?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) King David.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Charles Darwin.

5. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Wooden wash-tubs.
(b) Animal feed.
(c) Shovel and plow.
(d) Bicycles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, the narrator states that he is led to reveal his secret by the same impulse as what?

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

3. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?

4. 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?

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

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