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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. All of the fellow boarders at the boarding house where the narrator stays in Chapter 5 work as what?
(a) Basket weavers.
(b) Cigar makers.
(c) Blacksmiths.
(d) Farmhands.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
(a) “Fly without being graceful.”
(b) “Sing without being loud.”
(c) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(d) “Sing without melody.”

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

7. 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?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Chicago.
(d) St. Louis.

8. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A gold pocket watch.
(c) A 100-year-old sword.
(d) A croquet set.

9. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?
(a) A fishing rod.
(b) A piano.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A watch.

10. 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 race track.
(c) At the church.
(d) At home.

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

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

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

14. What nickname does the narrator give to the boy in his class whose face he describes as “black as night, but shone as though it was polished” in Chapter 1?
(a) Red head.
(b) Blue Eyes.
(c) Onyx.
(d) Shiny.

15. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?
(a) A shoe shiner.
(b) A Pullman car porter.
(c) A horse breeder.
(d) A breeder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?

2. How much money per week does the narrator earn as the “reader” at the cigar factory in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. What term from the book refers to “the boys who pulled the long stems from the tobacco leaves”?

5. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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