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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 10 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 days.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “In the life of every one there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with” what?
(a) “Extreme pressure.”
(b) “Bad memories.”
(c) “Vivid detail.”
(d) “A die.”

4. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Raleigh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?

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. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?

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