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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Georgia.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
(a) “Fly without being graceful.”
(b) “Sing without being loud.”
(c) “Sing without melody.”
(d) “Eat without being vulnerable.”

3. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Miami.
(d) Biloxi.

4. How old does the narrator say he was when he “appeared on a program with a number of adults at an entertainment given for some charitable purpose, and carried off the honors” in Chapter 2?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

5. All of the fellow boarders at the boarding house where the narrator stays in Chapter 5 work as what?
(a) Farmhands.
(b) Basket weavers.
(c) Blacksmiths.
(d) Cigar makers.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?

2. Where do the narrator and four of his companions go to seek a lodging-house after arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 5, “I am sure it would be safe to wager that no group of Southern white men could get together and talk for sixty minutes without bringing up” what?

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

5. When was Frederick Douglass born?

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