The Longest Memory Quizzes

The Longest Memory Quiz 1

1 When was The Longest Memory published?
1865

2001

1994

1790
2 Who wrote The Longest Memory?
Chapel

Sanders Senior

Lydia Whitechapel

Fred D'Aguiar
3 Who is the novel's main protagonist?
Cook

Lydia

Sanders

Whitechapel
4 Who narrates The Longest Memory?
Mr. Whitechapel

Several of the book's characters

An unnamed third-person narrator

Fred D'Aguiar
5 Who narrates the novel's epilogue?
Cook

D'Aguiar

Chapel

Whitechapel
6 Which major theme does the epilogue "Remembering" best reflect?
Memory

Justifications for Slavery

Love

Jealousy
7 Why does Whitechapel give up his name?
He is traumatized by Chapel's death and longs to forget

He never liked how it sounded

He is taking back his African name

He wants to escape under a new name
8 When is the last time Whitechapel cries?
Every night before bed

Over Chapel's death

Over Cook's death

None of these
9 Why does Whitechapel want to "forget as hard as [he] can"?
He is practicing meditation

Memory pains him physically

He believes he must forget in order to ascend to Heaven

None of these
10 When Whitechapel says the sounds slaves make in their sleep sounds "like two huge stones rubbed together," it is an example of what literary device?
Metonymy

Illustration

Simile

Metaphor
11 When Whitechapel says the bags under his eyes are "sacks of worries," it is an example of what literary device?
Assonance

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration
12 What is Whitechapel's position on the plantation?
Overseer

Slave

Owner

Deputy manager
13 How many lashes does Chapel receive?
Twenty

Two hundred

Forty

Three hundred
14 Why do Whitechapel's descendants call him Sour-face?
He is always eating lemons

It is an arbitrary nickname

He is always sucking in his lips

The deep frown lines in his face
15 How many wives has Whitechapel buried?
One

Twenty

Three

Two
16 What other event happens just before Chapel's escape?
Cook's death

Sanders Senior's death

Whitechapel's death

Lydia's death
17 Which route do Mr. Whitechapel's men take when searching for Chapel?
The river

West

North

East
18 Which route does Chapel take when he escapes?
North

The river

West

East
19 How does Mr. Whitechapel's search party know where to find Chapel?
Cook tells Mr. Whitechapel

Whitechapel tells Mr. Whitechapel

Mr. Whitechapel finds Chapel's poetry

Lydia tells Mr. Whitechapel
20 What is ironic about Sanders Junior lashing Chapel to death?
It isn't actually Chapel they caught

Chapel is his cousin

Chapel is his half-brother

Chapel is his father
21 Why doesn't Sanders listen to Whitechapel when Whitechapel tells him the master ordered for Chapel to be detained until the master's return?
Sanders says the deputy overrides what Mr. Whitechapel wants

Sanders has new orders from Mr. Whitechapel

Sanders won't listen to orders from a slave

None of these
22 Approximately how many slaves are on the plantation the night Chapel dies?
50

100

250

400
23 Who do the slaves blame for Chapel's death?
Lydia

Whitechapel

Mr. Whitechapel

Sanders Junior
24 What does "heinous" mean?
Wicked

Fragrant

Delightful

Awe-inspiring
25 Who does Mr. Whitechapel reprimand for Chapel's death?
Whitechapel, Sanders, and the Deputy

Sanders Junior and the Deputy

Himself

Whitechapel

Whitechapel

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https://www.gradesaver.com/the-longest-memory/study-guide/summary-mr-whitechapel--cook

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Mr. Wilkins is everything the Jungle Boys loathe. He is a white man, drives a fancy cream car with white trimmings and is pretty racist despite claiming that he isn't.

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The Longest Memory

by Fred D’Aguiar

The Longest Memory Quiz 1

The Longest Memory Questions and Answers

Study Guide for The Longest Memory

Essays for The Longest Memory

Lesson Plan for The Longest Memory