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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe growing along the edge of the fence by the vegetable garden in Chapter 1?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Huckleberries.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Tomatoes.

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

3. 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?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 8.

4. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Large rocks.
(b) A white picket fence.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) Glass bottles.

5. 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?
(a) “Sing without being loud.”
(b) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(c) “Fly without being graceful.”
(d) “Sing without melody.”

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. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 5 that he picked up the cigar-maker’s habit of riding around in what on Sunday afternoons?

4. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?

5. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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