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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?
(a) Humilty
(b) Racial pride
(c) Courage
(d) Equality

2. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?
(a) He tells him he has General Pershing in the car.
(b) He claims to be someone of importance.
(c) He pays the vet a bribe.
(d) He pretends he is about to run over the vet.

3. When was the introduction of the novel written?
(a) Immediately after finishing the story.
(b) Sporadically during the writing of the story
(c) Before the text of the story
(d) 30 years after the text itself

4. Why does Mr. Bledsoe compose his face into a bland mask?
(a) He wants to see Mr. Norton's reaction before revealing his own feelings.
(b) He doesn't want Mr. Norton to know he is angry with the narrator.
(c) He wants to hide the fact that he is angry with Mr. Norton.
(d) He doesn't want the narrator to realize how upset he is.

5. What is the narrator afraid of losing?
(a) His job.
(b) His identity
(c) The respect Mr. Bledsoe has for him.
(d) His scholarship

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?

2. How is the narrator's invisibility related to his residence?

3. How does the vet react when Mr. Norton tries to explain his interest in the college?

4. How do the boys react to the naked girl?

5. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?

(see the answer key)

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