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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?
(a) Elliot Larkin.
(b) Jacob Smith.
(c) Mason Williams.
(d) John Bunyan.

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

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

5. 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) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(c) “Sing without melody.”
(d) “Fly without being graceful.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

2. The husband of the woman who runs the boarding house is from where in Chapter 5?

3. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?

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

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

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