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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?
(a) 42.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

4. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A hat.
(d) A necktie.

5. What is a term used by the narrator to refer to a person who is born from one white parent and one black parent?
(a) Kiwi.
(b) Sicilian.
(c) Latino.
(d) Mulatto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?

3. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?

4. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?

5. The “white-mustached, well dressed man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10 fought in what war?

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