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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

2. How much money does the narrator say he has in his possession after their night at the “Club” in Chapter 8?
(a) $300.
(b) $125.
(c) $65.
(d) $5.

3. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

4. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) London.
(d) Amsterdam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

2. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 5, “I am sure it would be safe to wager that no group of Southern white men could get together and talk for sixty minutes without bringing up” what?

4. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 5 that he picked up the cigar-maker’s habit of riding around in what on Sunday afternoons?

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