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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator find himself in chapter 11?
(a) the factory hospital
(b) a hospital
(c) a mental ward
(d) a prison

2. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(b) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(c) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.
(d) They didn't believe his story.

3. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?
(a) Dr. Bledsoe forgets to pull his legs back
(b) Reverend Barbee isn't watching where he is going.
(c) Reverend Barbee is blind.
(d) Someone distracts Reverend Barbee

4. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.
(b) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(c) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
(d) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe

5. What does the doctor mean when he says they "picked poor robin clean"?
(a) They have eliminated any possibility of getting a job.
(b) They have damaged the narrator's personality
(c) They have completely destroyed the narrator's memories
(d) They have taken all the narrator's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?

2. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?

3. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?

4. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?

5. What fault does Emma find with the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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