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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 5 that he picked up the cigar-maker’s habit of riding around in what on Sunday afternoons?
(a) A sailboat.
(b) A horse cart.
(c) A canoe.
(d) A hack.

2. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?
(a) A necktie.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A hat.
(d) A pair of shoes.

3. How old is the narrator when his mother decides to enter him into public school?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

4. What does the narrator describe growing along the edge of the fence by the vegetable garden in Chapter 1?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Huckleberries.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Blackberries.

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?
(a) Citizen.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Aristocrat.

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

7. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?
(a) “An animal.”
(b) “A slave.”
(c) “Society.”
(d) “A coloured man.”

8. How much money per week does the narrator earn as the “reader” at the cigar factory in Chapter 5?
(a) $8.
(b) $10.
(c) $15.
(d) $25.

9. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?
(a) Slices of bread with butter.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Slippers.

10. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?
(a) The gymnasium.
(b) The industrial building.
(c) The mathematics building.
(d) The library.

11. How does the narrator describe the chairs in the parlor at the rooming house where he arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Falling into disrepair.
(b) Made of sturdy oak.
(c) A vibrant red color.
(d) Cane-bottomed.

12. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Shovel and plow.
(b) Animal feed.
(c) Wooden wash-tubs.
(d) Bicycles.

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

14. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 20 cents.

15. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

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

3. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?

4. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?

5. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?

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