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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?
(a) “The bristlecone pine tree.”
(b) “The redwood tree.”
(c) “The cedar tree.”
(d) “The willow tree.”

3. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?
(a) A watch.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A piano.
(d) A fishing rod.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?
(a) “A slave.”
(b) “An animal.”
(c) “A coloured man.”
(d) “Society.”

5. 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?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?

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. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

(see the answer key)

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