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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Aristocrat.
(d) Citizen.

2. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?
(a) Composing music.
(b) Running a business.
(c) An accompanist.
(d) Interpreting the Bible.

3. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

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

5. How old is the narrator when his mother decides to enter him into public school?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. What nickname does the narrator give to the boy in his class whose face he describes as “black as night, but shone as though it was polished” in Chapter 1?

4. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?

5. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?

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