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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?
(a) Serpent.
(b) Witch.
(c) Troll.
(d) Devil.

2. To whom does the narrator claim to have developed a “sympathetic bond” with at school in Chapter 2?
(a) Shiny.
(b) The Girl.
(c) Joel Chandler Harris.
(d) Red Head.

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) “A die.”
(b) “Vivid detail.”
(c) “Extreme pressure.”
(d) “Bad memories.”

4. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?
(a) Artist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Banker.

5. How much money per week is the room that the narrator rents at the boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) $5.75.
(b) $3.50.
(c) $7.95.
(d) $2.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?

2. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?

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

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

5. What does the narrator buy for the women who give him French lessons at the café in Chapter 9?

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