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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 he has in his possession after their night at the “Club” in Chapter 8?
(a) $125.
(b) $300.
(c) $65.
(d) $5.

2. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?
(a) 600-800.
(b) 300-400.
(c) 1,200-1,500.
(d) 200-250.

3. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Denver.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York City.

4. The narrator claims in Chapter 10, “I have no doubt that the Negro would make a good Chinaman, with exception of” what?
(a) “The eyes.”
(b) “The ears.”
(c) “The mouth.”
(d) “The pigtail.”

5. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?
(a) A mule.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cart of vegetables.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?

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

3. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?

4. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?

5. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?

(see the answer key)

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