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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within how much time is the narrator accounted the fastest at pulling the long stems from tobacco leaves at the factory in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 10 days.

2. 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?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The Korah.
(d) The Episcopal Prayer-book.

3. How does the narrator describe the chairs in the parlor at the rooming house where he arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A vibrant red color.
(b) Cane-bottomed.
(c) Made of sturdy oak.
(d) Falling into disrepair.

4. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A five-dollar gold piece.
(b) A two-dollar silver piece.
(c) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(d) A five-dollar silver piece.

5. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?

3. The narrator states in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the farther he got below __________, the more disappointed he became with the appearance of the country?

4. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

5. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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