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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 in a small town in what state?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Kansas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Georgia.

2. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) New York University.
(b) Atlanta University.
(c) Boston University.
(d) Dallas University.

3. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Raleigh.

4. 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 croquet set.
(b) A gold pocket watch.
(c) A 100-year-old sword.
(d) A puppy.

5. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Slippers.
(c) Slices of bread with butter.
(d) A glass of water.

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 book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?

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

5. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?

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