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

2. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?
(a) 60.
(b) 220.
(c) 100.
(d) 140.

3. Whom does the race discussion boil down to an argument between in the smoking train car in Chapter 10?
(a) The Jew and the Texan.
(b) The Union soldier and the Texan.
(c) Walter and the Jew.
(d) The Union soldier and the Jew.

4. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?
(a) 2-3 weeks.
(b) 9-10 days.
(c) 4-5 days.
(d) 4-5 weeks.

5. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A relative has just died.
(b) The World's Fair.
(c) The cigar factory shut down.
(d) The meet an old friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?

2. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?

5. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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