The Longest Memory Quizzes

The Longest Memory Quiz 1

1 When was The Longest Memory published?
1994

1865

2001

1790
2 Who wrote The Longest Memory?
Lydia Whitechapel

Sanders Senior

Fred D'Aguiar

Chapel
3 Who is the novel's main protagonist?
Cook

Lydia

Whitechapel

Sanders
4 Who narrates The Longest Memory?
An unnamed third-person narrator

Several of the book's characters

Fred D'Aguiar

Mr. Whitechapel
5 Who narrates the novel's epilogue?
D'Aguiar

Whitechapel

Cook

Chapel
6 Which major theme does the epilogue "Remembering" best reflect?
Jealousy

Justifications for Slavery

Love

Memory
7 Why does Whitechapel give up his name?
He is taking back his African name

He never liked how it sounded

He is traumatized by Chapel's death and longs to forget

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

Over Cook's death

Over Chapel's death

None of these
9 Why does Whitechapel want to "forget as hard as [he] can"?
He believes he must forget in order to ascend to Heaven

He is practicing meditation

Memory pains him physically

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?
Metaphor

Illustration

Simile

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

Simile

Alliteration

Assonance
12 What is Whitechapel's position on the plantation?
Deputy manager

Owner

Slave

Overseer
13 How many lashes does Chapel receive?
Three hundred

Forty

Twenty

Two hundred
14 Why do Whitechapel's descendants call him Sour-face?
It is an arbitrary nickname

He is always eating lemons

The deep frown lines in his face

He is always sucking in his lips
15 How many wives has Whitechapel buried?
Three

Two

Twenty

One
16 What other event happens just before Chapel's escape?
Lydia's death

Sanders Senior's death

Cook's death

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

North

The river

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

West

The river

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

Mr. Whitechapel finds Chapel's poetry

Lydia tells Mr. Whitechapel

Whitechapel tells Mr. Whitechapel
20 What is ironic about Sanders Junior lashing Chapel to death?
Chapel is his half-brother

It isn't actually Chapel they caught

Chapel is his cousin

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 won't listen to orders from a slave

Sanders has new orders from Mr. Whitechapel

None of these
22 Approximately how many slaves are on the plantation the night Chapel dies?
250

100

400

50
23 Who do the slaves blame for Chapel's death?
Whitechapel

Lydia

Mr. Whitechapel

Sanders Junior
24 What does "heinous" mean?
Wicked

Fragrant

Awe-inspiring

Delightful
25 Who does Mr. Whitechapel reprimand for Chapel's death?
Sanders Junior and the Deputy

Whitechapel

Himself

Whitechapel, Sanders, and the Deputy

Whitechapel

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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

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