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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?
(a) Indigenous.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Efficacious.
(d) Erroneous.

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?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Waffles.
(d) Blueberry muffins.

4. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Shovel and plow.
(b) Animal feed.
(c) Wooden wash-tubs.
(d) Bicycles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the cigars referred to that the narrator occasionally smokes at the “Club” in Chapter 11?

2. In what city does a man editing a credited black newspaper give the narrator a great deal of time and conversation in Chapter 10?

3. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?

4. Later in life, James Weldon Johnson was a professor of creative literature and writing at what institution?

5. What character in the book is killed at the end of Chapter 8?

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