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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The husband of the woman who runs the boarding house is from where in Chapter 5?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Ecuador.

3. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A five-dollar gold piece.
(b) A two-dollar silver piece.
(c) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(d) A five-dollar silver piece.

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

5. All of the fellow boarders at the boarding house where the narrator stays in Chapter 5 work as what?
(a) Farmhands.
(b) Cigar makers.
(c) Basket weavers.
(d) Blacksmiths.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?

2. 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?

3. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?

5. Who does the narrator say stood at the head of his list of heroes for a long time in Chapter 2?

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