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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a government led by a committee of military leaders?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Junta.
(c) Tribunal.
(d) Revolution.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?
(a) A mule.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cart of vegetables.

4. Whose schoolwork did the narrator largely complete for him, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Walter's.
(b) Red Head’s.
(c) The Girl's.
(d) Shiny's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

4. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

5. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?

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