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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?
(a) Picconi’s.
(b) Mendelssohn's.
(c) Bruneau’s.
(d) Lambert's.

3. During his stay in Paris, the narrator usually goes to the theater and ends up at the big café located where in Chapter 9?
(a) The Grand Opera.
(b) The Hotel Continental.
(c) The Grand Boulevards.
(d) The Champs Elysees.

4. 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) $2,000.
(d) $8,200.

5. At what hotel do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?
(a) The Hotel Continental.
(b) The Champs Elysees.
(c) The Grand Boulevards.
(d) The Grand Opera.

6. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?
(a) Eclipse.
(b) Alembic.
(c) Tangible.
(d) Corrosive.

7. When was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1879.

8. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Miami.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Boston.

9. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Efficacious.
(c) Indigenous.
(d) Erroneous.

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

11. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Texas.

12. How much money does the narrator say he has in his possession after their night at the “Club” in Chapter 8?
(a) $5.
(b) $65.
(c) $300.
(d) $125.

13. According to the author in Chapter 10, “Southerners are very much like” who “in that they must talk”?
(a) Spaniards.
(b) Russians.
(c) Frenchmen.
(d) Englishmen.

14. 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) Bergen.
(c) Havre.
(d) Rotterdam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has it been since the narrator has seen his father when he encounters him in Chapter 9?

2. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?

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

4. What character in the book is killed at the end of Chapter 8?

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

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