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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?
2. How much money per week is the room that the narrator rents at the boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. What is stolen along with the narrator’s money from his trunk in Chapter 4?
4. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
5. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a government led by a committee of military leaders?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the narrator hide his money at the rooming house in Chapter 4? Where does he go after this?
2. How is the second Pullman car porter described by the narrator in Chapter 4?
3. How does dramatic irony relate to The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man?
4. How is the first Pullman car porter described by the narrator? Where does the narrator meet him?
5. What advice is the narrator given after his money is stolen in Chapter 4? Who helps him out?
6. When and where was the author of the book born and raised? How are his parents described?
7. How is segregation addressed when the narrator eats his first meal in Atlanta in Chapter 4?
8. How is the early childhood of the narrator described in Chapter 1? Where does he live?
9. What are “slave narratives”? How are they related to the narrative of The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man?
10. Who is the narrator of The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man? What secret does he discuss in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history of segregation in the South, and particularly in Georgia. When were the Jim Crow laws enacted? When were they repealed? How did these laws influence society in the South? What segregation does the narrator experience before going to the South?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the underlying racism depicted in the narrator’s classifications of African Americans in Chapter 5. In what ways does this delineation break down to personal prejudice? Do you agree or disagree with the assertions of the narrator? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the segregation of white and black clubs in New York during this time period in history. Were the whites who came to the black clubs ostracized? Why or why not? When were African Americans allowed into white clubs?
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