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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?
(a) 1,200-1,500.
(b) 200-250.
(c) 300-400.
(d) 600-800.

2. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?
(a) $300.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $100.

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

4. 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) Playing the wrong notes.
(c) Playing the black keys.
(d) Using the pedals.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?
(a) “Devil.”
(b) “White man.”
(c) “Indian.”
(d) “Animals.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?

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

5. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?

(see the answer key)

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