1. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $6,500.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $8,200.

2. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. At what time do the narrator and the millionaire arrive at Saint Lazare in Chapter 9?
(a) 2:30 a.m.
(b) 9:15 p.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.
(d) 8:45 a.m.

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 mule.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cart of vegetables.

5. Where does the porter say he will return to school in the winter in Chapter 4?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What word from Chapter 7 means a frequent visitor to a place?

3. Where does the narrator move with his mother in Chapter 1?

4. Within how much time is the narrator able to speak Spanish like a native after working at the factory in Chapter 5?

5. How much money per week does the narrator earn as the “reader” at the cigar factory in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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