1. What is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?
(a) Hilarity.
(b) Irony.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Half-truth.

2. Where does Max go to hear the doctor who can turn black people white speak in Chapter 1?
(a) Tabitha Stevens Hotel.
(b) Gertrude Beatty Hotel.
(c) Mavis Thompson Hotel.
(d) Phyllis Wheatley Hotel.

3. Where is Max's hometown?
(a) Memphis, TN.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Biloxi, MS.
(d) Frankfurt, KY.

4. Who is a former Numbers runner and is now an important player in Black-No-More Inc.?
(a) Chuck Foster.
(b) Sybil Smith.
(c) Bunny Brown.
(d) Hank Johnson.

5. Bunny and Max pass the sanitarium and see crowds lined up at what time in Chapter 2?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street are Max and the reporter walking down when he is shocked at the fact that no one pays attention to him or thinks it odd that he is with a white woman in Chapter 2?

2. Who is the central character of "Black No More"?

3. Mrs. Blandish suggests in Chapter 2 that black people have no what?

4. Where does Bunny Brown work in the beginning of the novel?

5. Where did Max and Bunny first meet?

(see the answer key)

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