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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?

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

3. How much money does the narrator lose on his second trip to the gambling house in Chapter 8?

4. When was Frederick Douglass born?

5. What word from Chapter 7 means a frequent visitor to a place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How realistic are the hardships faced by African Americans as depicted in the narrative?

2. How does the narrator describe the rooming house and landlord where he first stays in New York in Chapter 6?

3. How is ragtime music received in Europe, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?

4. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?

5. With whom does the narrator discuss race relations while on the train in Chapter 10?

6. What does the narrator do upon arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

7. Where do the millionaire and the narrator spend time in Europe in Chapter 9? What role does the narrator play in their relationship?

8. Where does the narrator go after returning to the United States in Chapter 10? Who does he meet?

9. Why does the millionaire decide to go to Europe? Where does he go while there?

10. Whom does the narrator spot at the opera in Chapter 9? What is his reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the segregation of white and black clubs in New York during this time period in history. Were the whites who came to the black clubs ostracized? Why or why not? When were African Americans allowed into white clubs?

Essay Topic 2

Define irony and the different forms of irony used in literature. What is dramatic irony and how does it apply to the novel? What are examples of irony in Chapter 5? What is ironic about the narrator’s perceptions of personal and racial identity in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Jacksonville, Florida, in the narrative. Why does the porter suggest that the narrator go to Jacksonville to find work? How did the segregation laws differ in Florida than Georgia during this time period? How does the narrator travel to Jacksonville?

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