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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bunny Brown work in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Douglass Bank.
(b) Dreamers Bank.
(c) Bermott Bank.
(d) Darington's Bank.

2. For what paper does the reporter work who waits for Max in his cab outside the sanitarium in Chapter 2?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Scimitar.
(c) The Sun.
(d) The Herald.

3. Where does Max stop by where all his friends hang out after dropping off the reporter in Chapter 2?
(a) Boogie's place.
(b) Jimmy's place.
(c) Roger's place.
(d) Harvey's place.

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

5. What year is it in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Max Disher's profession in the beginning of the novel?

4. What is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule?

5. What does Max offer to pay for Bunny in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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