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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, the narrator states that he is led to reveal his secret by the same impulse as what?
(a) “A blind rat.”
(b) “The unfound-out criminal.”
(c) “A nun lost in the woods.”
(d) “The doctor telling his patient he’ll die.”

2. What habit does the narrator say he picked up on very young that “makes the piano a sympathetic, singing instrument” in Chapter 2?
(a) Playing the black keys.
(b) Using the pedals.
(c) Playing the wrong notes.
(d) Playing with his eyes closed.

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

4. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a government led by a committee of military leaders?
(a) Tribunal.
(b) Junta.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Utopia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?

3. The narrator quotes an African American man as once having said, “"It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very” what?

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

5. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?

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