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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 of his mother that he did not remember “ever having seen her with a book in her hand, with the exception of” what?
(a) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Torah.

2. 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) $0.75.
(b) $0.40.
(c) $0.65.
(d) $0.25.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. 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?

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

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

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