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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the narrator say he was when he “appeared on a program with a number of adults at an entertainment given for some charitable purpose, and carried off the honors” in Chapter 2?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?
(a) “Rich and enlightened.”
(b) “Cosmopolitan and tolerant.”
(c) “Civilized and educated.”
(d) “Proper and religious.”

3. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?
(a) 4-5 weeks.
(b) 2-3 weeks.
(c) 4-5 days.
(d) 9-10 days.

4. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Boston.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Out of the New York Harbor.

5. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Giving violin lessons.
(c) Tutoring students.
(d) Growing vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the narrator compare to “a beauty spot on the face of the earth” in Chapter 9?

2. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 9 that he has become quite friendly with a “stolid, slow-witted fellow” from where?

4. 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?

5. Where do the narrator and four of his companions go to seek a lodging-house after arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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