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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) Slippers.
(d) Slices of bread with butter.

2. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?
(a) 140.
(b) 100.
(c) 60.
(d) 220.

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

4. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?
(a) $500.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $300.
(d) $100.

5. What is the Pullman car porter wearing when the narrator encounters him at a ball in Chapter 5?
(a) The narrator’s tie.
(b) The narrator’s hat.
(c) The narrator’s jacket.
(d) The narrator’s shoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he feels “a sort of diabolical desire to gather up all the little tragedies” of his life and turn them into what?

5. What term from the book refers to “the boys who pulled the long stems from the tobacco leaves”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the first Pullman car porter described by the narrator? Where does the narrator meet him?

2. What does the narrator discover when he encounters the porter at a dance in Chapter 5?

3. Into what classes does the narrator categorize African Americans in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the narrator’s guide when he first arrives in Atlanta in Chapter 4? What are the narrator’s impressions of the city?

5. How is segregation addressed when the narrator eats his first meal in Atlanta in Chapter 4?

6. How does the theme of identity apply to the novel? How does it apply to the narrator?

7. What popular dance does the narrator describe in Chapter 5? When did the dance develop?

8. What advice is the narrator given after his money is stolen in Chapter 4? Who helps him out?

9. Where does the narrator hide his money at the rooming house in Chapter 4? Where does he go after this?

10. How are the author’s teenage years described? For whom did he work and where?

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