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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?
(a) He considers himself a traitor.
(b) He considers himself a victim
(c) He is proud of his choices.
(d) He considers himself a coward.

2. What do some of the black men carry?
(a) brief cases
(b) radios
(c) pouches strapped to their wrists
(d) shackles

3. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."
(a) compassion and equality
(b) equality and art
(c) art and democracy
(d) democracy and truth

4. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) Their freedoms
(b) The right for fair employment
(c) The right to fight
(d) The right for education

5. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?
(a) The union went to bat for him.
(b) All the paint went bad
(c) The other workers went on strike
(d) No one else would take the job

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?

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

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

4. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

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

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