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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Growing vegetables.
(b) Tutoring students.
(c) Giving violin lessons.
(d) Sewing.

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

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

6. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Blueberry muffins.
(d) Pancakes.

7. 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) Cane-bottomed.
(c) Made of sturdy oak.
(d) A vibrant red color.

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

9. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?
(a) Black hair.
(b) Blue foot.
(c) Red Head.
(d) Green eyes.

10. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) Miami.
(d) Knoxville.

11. 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?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 months.

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) “A practical joke on society.”
(b) “Double rainbows.”
(c) “Anecdotes on nature’s whimsy.”
(d) “Fairy tales for the forgotten.”

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

14. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?
(a) 140.
(b) 60.
(c) 220.
(d) 100.

15. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 5, “I am sure it would be safe to wager that no group of Southern white men could get together and talk for sixty minutes without bringing up” what?

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

3. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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

5. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?

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