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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say stood at the head of his list of heroes for a long time in Chapter 2?
(a) Jesus.
(b) King David.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

2. What is the nickname of the fourteen-year-old boy that the narrator befriends in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue foot.
(b) Black hair.
(c) Green eyes.
(d) Red Head.

3. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?
(a) At the diner.
(b) At home.
(c) At the race track.
(d) At the church.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?

3. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?

5. 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?

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