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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?
(a) $500.
(b) $300.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $100.

2. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?
(a) The gymnasium.
(b) The industrial building.
(c) The mathematics building.
(d) The library.

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

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

5. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(b) A five-dollar gold piece.
(c) A five-dollar silver piece.
(d) A two-dollar silver piece.

Short Answer Questions

1. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

2. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?

3. 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?

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

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator discover when he encounters the porter at a dance in Chapter 5?

2. How is the first Pullman car porter described by the narrator? Where does the narrator meet him?

3. How are the author’s teenage years described? For whom did he work and where?

4. Where does the narrator begin working in Jacksonville in Chapter 5?

5. What popular dance does the narrator describe in Chapter 5? When did the dance develop?

6. Who is the narrator’s guide when he first arrives in Atlanta in Chapter 4? What are the narrator’s impressions of the city?

7. Where does the narrator hide his money at the rooming house in Chapter 4? Where does he go after this?

8. What event takes place informing the narrator of his ethnic heritage in his early years? How does he react to the information?

9. Where did James Weldon Johnson attend university? How is this institution described?

10. When and where was the author of the book born and raised? How are his parents described?

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