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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within how much time is the narrator able to speak Spanish like a native after working at the factory in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 moths.
(d) 6 months.

2. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?
(a) At the diner.
(b) At the church.
(c) At home.
(d) At the race track.

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

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

5. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Dallas University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Atlanta University.
(d) Boston University.

6. Who shows the narrator to a boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A minister.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A judge.

7. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
(a) Red Head.
(b) Joel Chandler Harris.
(c) Shiny.
(d) The Girl.

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

9. The husband of the woman who runs the boarding house is from where in Chapter 5?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

10. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Birmingham.

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

12. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?
(a) “Anecdotes on nature’s whimsy.”
(b) “Double rainbows.”
(c) “Fairy tales for the forgotten.”
(d) “A practical joke on society.”

13. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $100.
(c) $300.
(d) $500.

14. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?
(a) “The redwood tree.”
(b) “The cedar tree.”
(c) “The bristlecone pine tree.”
(d) “The willow tree.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator move with his mother in Chapter 1?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?

3. The landlady and her husband at the boarding house tell the narrator that the big winter hotels would not open within how much time in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator states in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the farther he got below __________, the more disappointed he became with the appearance of the country?

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