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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?
(a) He became more outspoken.
(b) He became more judgmental.
(c) He became more sympathetic.
(d) He became more reserved.

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

3. Approximately how much money does the landlord at the boarding house earn per week, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) $120-150.
(b) $50-75.
(c) $80-100.
(d) $35-40.

4. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Waffles.
(c) Blueberry muffins.
(d) Biscuits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?

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

5. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?

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