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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(b) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.
(c) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(d) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.

3. What does the cord in chapter 11 symbolize?
(a) separation
(b) loss
(c) isolation
(d) rebirth

4. Why does the narrator not tell the doctors his name after the procedure?
(a) He can't remember it.
(b) He is trying to protect himself
(c) He doesn't realize that he hasn't said anything
(d) He is too tired

5. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?
(a) He fears there may not be any jobs after all.
(b) He fears a conspiracy.
(c) He thinks the secretaries are not telling him the truth.
(d) He thinks no one is seeing the letters he submitted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?

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

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

4. What does the narrator notice about the whites in the city?

5. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?

(see the answer key)

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