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First Lines of Pulitzer Prize-Winners: Literary Quiz

FIRST LINES OF PULITZER PRIZE-WINNERS


How well do you know the Pulitzer Prize-winners? Take our quiz and see if you can match the opening lines to the right book!

"The railroad goes so far -- just as far as you can see. It ain't got a crook in it. Those tracks go from Cuthbert ... They start big and they get smaller and smaller the farther away they go. I want to paint a picture of those railroad tracks."

  • Sorry, not correct.

    The correct answer is Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert.

    Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Chasing Me to My Grave An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and society.

  • Sorry, not correct.

    The correct answer is Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert.

    Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Chasing Me to My Grave An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and society.

  • Sorry, not correct.

    The correct answer is Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert.

    Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Chasing Me to My Grave An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and society.

  • Correct!


    Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Chasing Me to My Grave An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert is a searing memoir in prose and painted leather that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and society.

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