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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Artificial Nigger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mr. Head live with?
(a) Nelson, his grandson.
(b) Nelson, his son.
(c) Nelson, his father.
(d) Nelson, his brother.

2. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Selling bread loaves.
(b) Handing out religious pamphlets.
(c) Heckling people.
(d) Holding hands an observing passersby.

3. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?
(a) A potato peeler.
(b) Bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Dough.

4. From what age has Mr. Head reared his grandson?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

5. What is chained in a Chinaberry tree outside the diner where they stop to eat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A goat.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Head and his grandson forget on the train?

2. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?

3. At the end of “The Artificial Nigger”, what does Nelson vow?

4. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?

5. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?

(see the answer key)

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