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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. About what does Smitty warn Goldie?
(a) Approaching fans.
(b) Approaching protesters.
(c) Approaching police officers.
(d) Bills that are due.

2. What does Jack do when Clara clings to him?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He cringes.
(d) He tries to get rid of her.

3. How does the play begin?
(a) With an argument over where Brady will go to train.
(b) With a a meeting to discuss who Brady should fight next.
(c) With an argument over whether Brady should be the new Great White Hope.
(d) With an argument over whether Brady, the current white heavyweight boxing champion, should fight an up-and-coming black boxer.

4. About what is the performer's song?
(a) He wishes he were a "coon."
(b) A "coon" wishing he was white.
(c) Whether Jack is a "coon."
(d) What it takes to be a "coon."

5. The white people move aside and reveal what?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Jack's family.
(c) Jack's trainers.
(d) A small group of black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack tell the crowd?

2. Does Brady accept the idea?

3. How much prison time does Cameron tell Jack he could face?

4. What does this man say about those black people who want success on white men's terms?

5. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clara act during the procession? Why does she act this way? How do others react to her behavior?

2. How is Brady convinced to fight this match?

3. What does one reporter say about Brady being the White Hope?

4. What does Jack say, when he is finally allowed to speak?

5. Describe the interaction between Jack and the Young Black German Man.

6. What does Goldie tell Jack?

7. How does Jack respond to Ragosy's request? What is Ellie's reaction?

8. How does this scene open?

9. How does this scene begin?

10. Describe the confrontation between Cameron and Ellie.

(see the answer keys)

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