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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator lack in Chapter 12?
(a) his interest in returning to college
(b) money to live on
(c) A sense of direction
(d) motivation to keep going

2. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?
(a) four more radio-phonographs
(b) a TV set
(c) a kitchen
(d) a phonograph player

3. The narrator wants to learn everything he can about the Brotherhood in order to
(a) Use it to create equality for black people
(b) Use it to achieve power for himself
(c) Use it as a means to get even with Bledsoe
(d) Use it to restore those who have been dispossessed

4. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?
(a) The secretary will not admit him.
(b) Mr. Bates is too busy to be seen.
(c) There are no jobs in Mr. Bates' department
(d) Mr. Bates is not in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator portray himself at the end of Chapter 22?

2. In addition to his memories, what else has the narrator lost?

3. What do some of the black men carry?

4. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?

5. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?

(see the answer key)

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