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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The husband of the woman who runs the boarding house is from where in Chapter 5?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Haiti.

2. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?
(a) Erroneous.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Indigenous.
(d) Efficacious.

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

4. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The meet an old friend.
(b) A relative has just died.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) The cigar factory shut down.

5. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
(a) The Girl.
(b) Red Head.
(c) Joel Chandler Harris.
(d) Shiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?

3. To what does the narrator compare a massive iceberg viewed from the ship in Chapter 9?

4. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?

5. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?

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