Invisible Man 10-12

What mistake does the narrator make at

Liberty Paints?

• He adds too much pigment to the paint

• He adds paint remover instead of the pigment to the paint

• He does not paint the sample correctly

• He uses the wrong tank of paint

Why is Brockway hostile toward the

narrator?

• He thinks the narrator is there to take his job

• The narrator approaches him with a bad attitude

• The narrator has difficulty following instructions

• He has heard of the narrator's mistake

How is the paint symbolic?

• It is white, reminding the narrator of the slogan, Keep America Pure with Liberty Paints

• It symbolizes purity and correctness

• It symbolizes work and success

• It symbolizes society's ability to cover evils

Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?

• He is too highly educated for the job

• He doesn't understand or fit in the blue-collar/union world

• He is not correctly educated for the job

• He is the only black person on the job

What, ironically, makes the narrator's white

bosses distrustful of him?

• his attitude

• his background and education

• his lack of experience

• his color

Where does the narrator find himself in

chapter 11?

• a hospital

• a prison

• a mental ward

• the factory hospital

Why does the narrator not tell the doctors

his name after the procedure?

• He is trying to protect himself

• He doesn't realize that he hasn't said

  anything

• He is too tired

• He can't remember it

What does the doctor mean when he says

they "picked poor robin clean"?

• They have taken all the narrator's money

• They have damaged the narrator's personality

• They have completely destroyed the narrator's memories

• They have eliminated any possibility of getting a job

In addition to his memories, what else has

the narrator lost?

• his cash

• his fear

• his strength

• his motivation

What does the narrator lack in Chapter 12?

• money to live on

• A sense of direction

• motivation to keep going

• his interest in returning to college