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

2. 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 puppy.
(d) A croquet set.

3. To whom does the narrator claim to have developed a “sympathetic bond” with at school in Chapter 2?
(a) The Girl.
(b) Red Head.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Joel Chandler Harris.

4. What does the narrator describe growing along the edge of the fence by the vegetable garden in Chapter 1?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Huckleberries.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Tomatoes.

5. In Chapter 1, the narrator states that he is led to reveal his secret by the same impulse as what?
(a) “The doctor telling his patient he’ll die.”
(b) “The unfound-out criminal.”
(c) “A nun lost in the woods.”
(d) “A blind rat.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?

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

3. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

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

5. What nickname does the narrator give to the boy in his class whose face he describes as “black as night, but shone as though it was polished” in Chapter 1?

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