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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 states in Chapter 2 of his mother that he did not remember “ever having seen her with a book in her hand, with the exception of” what?
(a) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Koran.
(d) The Torah.

2. 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?
(a) “A practical joke on society.”
(b) “Double rainbows.”
(c) “Anecdotes on nature’s whimsy.”
(d) “Fairy tales for the forgotten.”

3. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?
(a) A breeder.
(b) A horse breeder.
(c) A shoe shiner.
(d) A Pullman car porter.

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

5. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose schoolwork did the narrator largely complete for him, as described in Chapter 2?

2. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?

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?

(see the answer key)

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