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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?
(a) Blues.
(b) Reggae.
(c) Ragtime.
(d) Gospel.

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

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 9, “The Londoner seems to think that Americans are people whose only claim to be classed as civilized is that they have” what?
(a) Morals.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Money.
(d) Religion.

5. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

6. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Linen dusters.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Sombreros.
(d) Suits.

7. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?
(a) Witch.
(b) Serpent.
(c) Troll.
(d) Devil.

8. Where is the “slender be-spectacled young man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Ohio.

9. What city does the narrator compare to “a beauty spot on the face of the earth” in Chapter 9?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Venice.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

10. The Union soldier says in Chapter 10, “After all, racial supremacy is merely a matter of” what?
(a) “Political power.”
(b) “Morality.”
(c) “Current events.”
(d) “Dates in history.”

11. Whose diplomacy does the narrator say is to be admired when the discussion of race comes up in the smoking train car in Chapter 10?
(a) The Jew's.
(b) The Texan's.
(c) The Union soldier’s.
(d) Red Head's.

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

13. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $6,500.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $8,200.
(d) $2,000.

14. The narrator quotes an African American man as once having said, “"It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very” what?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Aggravating.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Inconvenient.

15. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Shoot the Moon.
(c) Craps.
(d) Yahtzee.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare a massive iceberg viewed from the ship in Chapter 9?

2. What does the narrator buy for the women who give him French lessons at the café in Chapter 9?

3. What is not allowed at the “Club,” according to the narrator in Chapter 7?

4. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?

5. What does the Texan take out and drink during the racial discussion in the train car in Chapter 10?

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