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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. What is Shorty willing to do for money?
(a) Perform
(b) Demean himself
(c) Anything
(d) Put himself in danger

2. What is the name of Richard's foreman?
(a) James
(b) Fin
(c) Olin
(d) Harry

3. What reason does Richard give for leaving the South?
(a) To write
(b) To have more freedom
(c) To get married
(d) To be near his mother

4. Who throws Richard out of the May Day parade?
(a) Two black Communists
(b) Two white Communists
(c) The mayor
(d) Security guards

5. What is the name of Miss Moss' daughter?
(a) Bess
(b) Doris
(c) Georgie
(d) Joan

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Falk?

2. Who gives Richard a sly smile before Richard leaves work?

3. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?

4. What is Ross facing legal prosecution for?

5. What does Richard say the dogs do silently when they regain consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Richard face as publicity agent for the Federal Negro Theater?

2. How does Richard borrow books from the white library?

3. What does Richard realize as he stands in line at the relief station?

4. How do the white man and black man use Richard to help them move the liquor?

5. Who was Marcus Garvey?

6. What happens when Richard joins the May Day parade?

7. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?

8. Why does Mrs. Moss end up disgusting Richard?

9. Why don't Southern people like it when blacks move to Northern cities?

10. In what way does Richard's situation take a turn for the worse when the Great Depression hits America?

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