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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how much money does the landlord at the boarding house earn per week, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) $35-40.
(b) $50-75.
(c) $80-100.
(d) $120-150.

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

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

4. 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 the black keys.
(c) Playing with his eyes closed.
(d) Using the pedals.

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?
(a) Slippers.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Slices of bread with butter.
(d) A glass of water.

6. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

7. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?
(a) “White man.”
(b) “Devil.”
(c) “Animals.”
(d) “Indian.”

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

9. The narrator’s landlady tells him that the average price for a music teacher within the African American community is how much in Chapter 5?
(a) $0.65.
(b) $0.40.
(c) $0.75.
(d) $0.25.

10. 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) “Sing without being loud.”
(b) “Sing without melody.”
(c) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(d) “Fly without being graceful.”

11. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?
(a) Pedals.
(b) White keys.
(c) Slidebars.
(d) Black keys.

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

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

14. 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) 10 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 50 cents.

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 Korah.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Episcopal Prayer-book.

Short Answer Questions

1. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?

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

3. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?

4. 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?

5. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?

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