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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's pondering of his upcoming punishment is an example of what literary device?
(a) symbolism
(b) foreshadowing
(c) allusion
(d) suspense

2. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?
(a) His daughter dliberately seduced him.
(b) He acted in a dream and didn't know what he was doing.
(c) He confused his wife with his daughter because they were all in the same bed.
(d) His wife forced him into it.

3. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) marijuana
(b) his vision
(c) music
(d) the girl in his dream

4. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?
(a) He was an employee of the college.
(b) He was a special singer at the college.
(c) He had been involved in tutoring the black students.
(d) He was a guest lecturer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator get invited to participate in the Battle Royal?

2. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?

3. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?

4. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

5. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?

(see the answer key)

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