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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

2. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Suits.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Sombreros.
(d) Linen dusters.

3. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
(a) The Girl.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Red Head.
(d) Joel Chandler Harris.

4. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?
(a) Reggae.
(b) Blues.
(c) Gospel.
(d) Ragtime.

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?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Red head.
(c) Onyx.
(d) Blue Eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe spending many evenings and where “music there made [him] strangely reminiscent of my life in Connecticut” in Chapter 9?

2. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?

3. How many years has it been since the narrator has seen his father when he encounters him in Chapter 9?

4. How long do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?

5. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

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