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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $8,200.
(b) $6,500.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $12,000.

2. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?
(a) Artist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Banker.

3. Where do the narrator and four of his companions go to seek a lodging-house after arriving in New York in Chapter 6?
(a) 6th Street and Ninth Avenue.
(b) 27th Street and Sixth Avenue.
(c) 37th Street and First Avenue.
(d) 64th Street and Thirteenth Avenue.

4. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Banker.
(b) Shop owner.
(c) Cigar manufacturer.
(d) Farmer.

5. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?
(a) Framing houses.
(b) Cleaning stables.
(c) Rolling cigars.
(d) Washing windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing New York, the narrator states, “To some natures this stimulant of life in a great city becomes a thing as binding and necessary as” being addicted to what substance?

2. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?

5. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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