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The Longest Memory Quiz 1

By Maxwell Olson · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed September 18, 2020

1 When was The Longest Memory published?

1865

1994

1790

2001
2 Who wrote The Longest Memory?

Fred D'Aguiar

Lydia Whitechapel

Chapel

Sanders Senior
3 Who is the novel's main protagonist?

Sanders

Whitechapel

Cook

Lydia
4 Who narrates The Longest Memory?

Fred D'Aguiar

Mr. Whitechapel

Several of the book's characters

An unnamed third-person narrator
5 Who narrates the novel's epilogue?

Whitechapel

D'Aguiar

Cook

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

Love

Jealousy

Justifications for Slavery

Memory
7 Why does Whitechapel give up his name?

He is taking back his African name

He wants to escape under a new name

He never liked how it sounded

He is traumatized by Chapel's death and longs to forget
8 When is the last time Whitechapel cries?

Over Chapel's death

Over Cook's death

Every night before bed

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

Memory pains him physically

He is practicing meditation

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

Simile

Illustration

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

Assonance

Simile

Alliteration

Metaphor
12 What is Whitechapel's position on the plantation?

Owner

Overseer

Slave

Deputy manager
13 How many lashes does Chapel receive?

Forty

Two hundred

Twenty

Three hundred
14 Why do Whitechapel's descendants call him Sour-face?

The deep frown lines in his face

It is an arbitrary nickname

He is always sucking in his lips

He is always eating lemons
15 How many wives has Whitechapel buried?

Three

One

Twenty

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

Whitechapel's death

Cook's death

Sanders Senior's death

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

East

The river

West

North
18 Which route does Chapel take when he escapes?

The river

East

West

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

Mr. Whitechapel finds Chapel's poetry

Lydia tells Mr. Whitechapel

Cook tells Mr. Whitechapel

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

Chapel is his father

Chapel is his half-brother

Chapel is his cousin

It isn't actually Chapel they caught
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?

50

100

400

250
23 Who do the slaves blame for Chapel's death?

Lydia

Whitechapel

Mr. Whitechapel

Sanders Junior
24 What does "heinous" mean?

Awe-inspiring

Delightful

Wicked

Fragrant
25 Who does Mr. Whitechapel reprimand for Chapel's death?

Whitechapel, Sanders, and the Deputy

Himself

Sanders Junior and the Deputy

Whitechapel

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