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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the founder of the Back-to-Africa Society?
(a) Walter Williams.
(b) Santop Licorice.
(c) Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard.
(d) Dr. Joseph Bonds.

2. What name did Matthew Fisher go by when he was black?
(a) Matthew Disher.
(b) Max Fisher.
(c) Robert Fisher.
(d) Max Disher.

3. What is Max Disher's profession in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Prison guard.
(b) Insurance agent.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Dentist.

4. What reporter is waiting in the cab after Max leaves the sanitarium in Chapter 2?
(a) Sybil Smith.
(b) Hank Johnson.
(c) Bunny Brown.
(d) Chuck Foster.

5. What black doctor has found a way to turn a black person white in the novel?
(a) Dr. Junius Crookman.
(b) Dr. Henry Givens.
(c) Dr. Max Disher.
(d) Dr. Hank Johnson.

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. What year is it in Chapter 6?

3. Who is a former Numbers runner and is now an important player in Black-No-More Inc.?

4. Where was the first Ku Klux Klan established?

5. Who runs the The National Social Equality League?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concern faces Matthew about starting a family in Chapter 6?

2. What is the basic premise and plot of the story "Black No More"?

3. Why is anger developing in the South over Black-No-More Inc. in Chapter 3?

4. What aspects of Matthew make it difficult for the reader to sympathize with him?

5. Who is Reverend Givens? How does Matthew introduce himself to this man?

6. How does Hank Johnson feel about the publicity Black-No-More is getting in Chapter 3? What is Hank's history?

7. What are Max's first experiences like as a white man in Chapter 2?

8. Who is Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard? How is he described?

9. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?

10. What do Matthew's actions determine his character to be in the plot of "Black No More" in Chapter 4?

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