Black Boy Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Black Boy Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say he feels like when a Jewish boy comes in to time how long it takes for him to clean?

2. Where does RIchard take a job?

3. Where does Richard find work?

4. Where do the Hoffmans operate their store?

5. What does Yound accuse Swann of being?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Richard's white co-workers in the cafe shock him?

2. How do Richard's co-workers react when he tells them he is moving North?

3. What problems does Wright find in New York City?

4. What does Richard decide at the end of the book?

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

6. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

7. Who was Marcus Garvey?

8. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

9. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the beatings Richard's family inflicted upon him. Why did Richard's family beat him so much? What effect did the beatings have on him? Why were such beating typical of that time period?

Essay Topic 2

Examine black femininity.

1) In what did the whites oppress black femininity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black femininity affect black women?

3) How have black women reacted to the oppression of their femininity?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the differences between how Wright represents white characters and how he represents black characters.

1) In what way are Wright's representations of white characters unsympathetic? Are his representations too unsympathetic?

2) In what way does Wright suggest that the way a white person treats a black person directly influences some of the black people's illegal behavior? Is this an accurate representation?

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