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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Dallas University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Atlanta University.
(d) Boston University.

2. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Giving violin lessons.
(b) Tutoring students.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Growing vegetables.

3. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?
(a) Crawfish.
(b) Chitlins.
(c) Collard greens.
(d) Hominy.

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

5. Where does the narrator move with his mother in Chapter 1?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Main.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 of his mother that he did not remember “ever having seen her with a book in her hand, with the exception of” what?

2. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?

4. How many students does the narrator say are at the university in Chapter 4?

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

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