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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money per week does the narrator earn as the “reader” at the cigar factory in Chapter 5?
(a) $25.
(b) $8.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

2. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?
(a) The library.
(b) The industrial building.
(c) The gymnasium.
(d) The mathematics building.

3. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?
(a) A Pullman car porter.
(b) A breeder.
(c) A shoe shiner.
(d) A horse breeder.

4. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Large rocks.
(b) Glass bottles.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) A white picket fence.

5. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?
(a) A necktie.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

4. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?

5. What book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?

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