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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 states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
(a) “Sing without being loud.”
(b) “Sing without melody.”
(c) “Fly without being graceful.”
(d) “Eat without being vulnerable.”

2. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. How much money per week is the room that the narrator rents at the boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) $7.95.
(b) $3.50.
(c) $2.00.
(d) $5.75.

4. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Glass bottles.
(b) Large rocks.
(c) A white picket fence.
(d) Cherry trees.

5. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) Miami.
(d) Knoxville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?

2. Who shows the narrator to a boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. The narrator’s landlady tells him that the average price for a music teacher within the African American community is how much in Chapter 5?

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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