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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) World War I.

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

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

4. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?
(a) Black keys.
(b) Pedals.
(c) White keys.
(d) Slidebars.

5. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?
(a) An accompanist.
(b) Composing music.
(c) Interpreting the Bible.
(d) Running a business.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?

4. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, the two immediate results of his “forced loneliness” were finding company in books and greater pleasure in what?

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