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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 mathematics building.
(b) The industrial building.
(c) The library.
(d) The gymnasium.

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

4. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A five-dollar gold piece.
(b) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(c) A two-dollar silver piece.
(d) A five-dollar silver piece.

5. 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) “Society.”
(b) “A coloured man.”
(c) “An animal.”
(d) “A slave.”

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

7. What term from the book refers to “the boys who pulled the long stems from the tobacco leaves”?
(a) Strippers.
(b) Stemmers.
(c) Gougers.
(d) Rippers.

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

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

10. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?
(a) A dog.
(b) A mule.
(c) A cart of vegetables.
(d) A child.

11. Who does the narrator say stood at the head of his list of heroes for a long time in Chapter 2?
(a) King David.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Jesus.

12. Where does the narrator move with his mother in Chapter 1?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Main.
(d) Georgia.

13. 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 wrong notes.
(b) Playing with his eyes closed.
(c) Using the pedals.
(d) Playing the black keys.

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

15. What book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(c) The Korah.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Within how much time is the narrator accounted the fastest at pulling the long stems from tobacco leaves at the factory in Chapter 5?

3. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

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

5. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?

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