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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. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?
(a) Train.
(b) Automobile.
(c) Plane.
(d) Boat.

2. The narrator describes the poker players as practicing what sort of politeness for each other in Chapter 6?
(a) Aristotelian.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Orwellian.
(d) Chesterfieldian.

3. 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.

4. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?
(a) Washing windows.
(b) Rolling cigars.
(c) Framing houses.
(d) Cleaning stables.

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?
(a) Bruneau’s.
(b) Mendelssohn's.
(c) Picconi’s.
(d) Lambert's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 9, “A French child with a vocabulary of two hundred words can express more spoken ideas than a student of French can with a knowledge of” how many?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 9 that he has become quite friendly with a “stolid, slow-witted fellow” from where?

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?

4. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?

5. Where do the narrator and the millionaire walk and sit in chairs along the sidewalk in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the narrator’s impressions of the African Americans he meets in the rural South in Chapter 10?

2. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?

3. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?

4. Where does the narrator go after returning to the United States in Chapter 10? Who does he meet?

5. How is humor used in the slave narratives and in the novel?

6. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?

7. How does the narrator describe the rooming house and landlord where he first stays in New York in Chapter 6?

8. How is the millionaire described by the narrator? What does he look like?

9. How does the narrative distinguish the differences between the North and South regarding race relations?

10. How did the author incorporate slave narratives in his descriptions of the South in Chapter 10?

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