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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?
(a) Mason Williams.
(b) John Bunyan.
(c) Elliot Larkin.
(d) Jacob Smith.

2. 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?
(a) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(b) “Fly without being graceful.”
(c) “Sing without being loud.”
(d) “Sing without melody.”

3. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?
(a) At the diner.
(b) At the church.
(c) At home.
(d) At the race track.

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

5. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?

2. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

3. The narrator states in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the farther he got below __________, the more disappointed he became with the appearance of the country?

4. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

5. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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