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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows the narrator to a boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A minister.
(d) A judge.

2. 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?
(a) $0.25.
(b) $0.65.
(c) $0.40.
(d) $0.75.

3. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

4. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Citizen.
(c) Patsy.
(d) Aristocrat.

5. What is the Pullman car porter wearing when the narrator encounters him at a ball in Chapter 5?
(a) The narrator’s tie.
(b) The narrator’s shoes.
(c) The narrator’s jacket.
(d) The narrator’s hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how much money does the landlord at the boarding house earn per week, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

2. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. The landlady and her husband at the boarding house tell the narrator that the big winter hotels would not open within how much time in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What term from the book refers to “the boys who pulled the long stems from the tobacco leaves”?

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