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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack crumple up?
(a) The telegram.
(b) The letter.
(c) The e-mail.
(d) His paycheck.

2. Where does Jack say he is going?
(a) To England.
(b) To France.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To Spain.

3. Pop knows that most people seem indignant about this kind of plotting, but then suggests they reconsider their indignation when?
(a) They are out walking alone one night.
(b) It suits them.
(c) They lose their jobs.
(d) They are in need of money.

4. Does Pop think the fight will happen right away?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Probably not.
(d) More than likely.

5. When does Smitty say Jack will settle down?
(a) Once Ellie has a baby.
(b) Once he stops boxing.
(c) Once Ellie leaves him.
(d) Once he and Ellie find a place to call home.

6. How does Jack get the officers to leave him alone with his "suitable memento?"
(a) He calls for the police.
(b) He pays them.
(c) He makes a joke.
(d) He threatens them.

7. How does Ellie respond when Jack asks if there are any new cables or money coming in.
(a) Yes, a few.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, just cables.
(d) Yes.

8. What happens as Clara starts to cry?
(a) Photographers try to take her picture.
(b) Mrs. Jefferson comforts her.
(c) She runs out of the service.
(d) Goldie hands her a handkerchief.

9. What does Cap'n Dan say can be cut off from Jack?
(a) Any source of money.
(b) His cable.
(c) Any connection.
(d) Ellie.

10. What does Goldie say about the crowd at the fight?
(a) It is half full.
(b) It is a full house.
(c) It is almost a full house.
(d) There is hardly anyone there.

11. What does Ragosy try to convince Jack to do?
(a) Join his show as a song-and-dance man.
(b) Teach him how to box.
(c) Sign an autograph for his daughter.
(d) Fight one of his boxers.

12. What does a woman in the crowd do to Clara?
(a) She yells at her.
(b) She glares at her.
(c) She slaps her.
(d) She hugs her.

13. What does Fred say is the only one sure way the White Hope can win?
(a) They must wait long enough for Jack's legs to weaken.
(b) Jack must throw the match.
(c) He must be replaced with a better boxer.
(d) He must train harder.

14. When does this speaker feel the audience will truly understand what he or she is saying?
(a) When what is happening to the black people happens to them.
(b) When what is happening to him happens to them.
(c) When what is happening to her happens to them.
(d) When what they have done happens to them.

15. Does Smitty say Ellie is not as strong as Jack?
(a) Yes.
(b) He hints at it.
(c) He says she may not be as strong as Jack.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack not want Ellie to go to her seat?

2. Where does this scene take place?

3. What news does Smitty give Jack?

4. Who is coaching Jack?

5. What does Dixon say about the black population at large?

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