The Lesson Quiz

In "The Lesson by Toni Bambara, what is the narrator's name?

• Sugar

• The story does not say

• Rosie Giraffe

• Sylvia

How much of a tip does Miss Moore tell the narrator to give the taxi driver?

• Fifty cents

• Twenty percent

• Ten percent

• 5.00

Where does Miss Moore take the children?

• To Central Park

• To an unnamed toy store

• To F.A.O. Schwarz

• To a swimming lesson

Why did the children give the nickname "Mercedes" to one of their own?

• The child probably like the style of car

• The child was better off financially than the others

• The children had no other name to give

• The child's real name is Mercedes

How much money did Miis Moorej give to the narrator so that she would give to the taxi driver?

• Three dollars

• Four dollars

• Five dollars

• Six dollars

Bambara uses the microscope to symbolize

• the lack of access to education

• how a microscope is important to the world

• how you can see tiny things if you pay close enough attention

• science as being very important

Why are the "winos" an important symbol in "The Lesson"?

• They are used to show how the narrator lives versus how the winos live

• They symbolize the disparity of what may have never come to pass

• They symbolize the downtrodden victims of America's wealth differences.

• They exist only as extra information.

Where do the actions of the story start and end?

• Pharr, Texas

• F.A.O. Schwarz

• The taxi

• The mailbox

The clown is represented as a symbol for

• the things we want but ultimately cannot have because of financial reasons

• those who dress up so they can afford housing

• the lack of respect the children have for authority

• an education the children may not receive during their lifetime