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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had the Union soldier invested capital, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) Richland.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta.

2. The millionaire offers to take the narrator to Europe with him instead of taking whom in Chapter 9?
(a) Walter.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Joel Chandler Harris.
(d) Red Head.

3. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Banker.
(c) Cigar manufacturer.
(d) Shop owner.

4. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?
(a) Framing houses.
(b) Cleaning stables.
(c) Washing windows.
(d) Rolling cigars.

5. How many words does the narrator compile a list of in French as being “necessary” in Chapter 9?
(a) 575.
(b) 65.
(c) 180.
(d) 300.

6. Where is the narrator headed by ship in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Columbus.

7. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The World's Fair.
(b) A relative has just died.
(c) The meet an old friend.
(d) The cigar factory shut down.

8. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?
(a) Lasagna.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Chop-suey.
(d) Meatloaf.

9. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?
(a) Physician.
(b) Artist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Banker.

10. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 studied at what university?
(a) Fisk University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) The University of Georgia.
(d) The University of Florida.

11. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?
(a) Shiny.
(b) The Jew.
(c) The Texan.
(d) The Union soldier.

12. In describing New York, the narrator states, “To some natures this stimulant of life in a great city becomes a thing as binding and necessary as” being addicted to what substance?
(a) Opium.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tobacco.

13. The narrator states that he is finally able to shake off his gloom when the ship reaches what harbor in Chapter 9?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Rotterdam.
(c) Bergen.
(d) Havre.

14. The “white-mustached, well dressed man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10 fought in what war?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The War of 1812.

15. Where do the narrator and four of his companions go to seek a lodging-house after arriving in New York in Chapter 6?
(a) 37th Street and First Avenue.
(b) 64th Street and Thirteenth Avenue.
(c) 6th Street and Ninth Avenue.
(d) 27th Street and Sixth Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?

2. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?

3. The Union soldier says in Chapter 10, “After all, racial supremacy is merely a matter of” what?

4. Who collected the Uncle Remus stories in the narrative?

5. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?

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