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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
(a) Red Head.
(b) The Girl.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Joel Chandler Harris.

2. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The War of 1812.

3. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) A piano.
(d) A watch.

4. 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?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(d) The Koran.

5. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?
(a) A 100-year-old sword.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A croquet set.
(d) A gold pocket watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “In the life of every one there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with” what?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?

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

4. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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