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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
(a) Willie had both feet sawed off.
(b) Her husband left her for another woman.
(c) She lost her job.
(d) She and Highboy could not pay their rent and had to move.

2. What is the essay contest supposed to be about?
(a) An essay on the person's life.
(b) An essay on how the writer would do away with the caucasian race.
(c) An essay on how the writer would improve life for the negro race.
(d) An essay on what the writer wanted to do when they have grown up.

3. What does Portia tell her father about Willie?
(a) Willie got in a fight and cut a man with a razor.
(b) Willie ran off with the wife of another man.
(c) Willie was beaten up and in the hospital.
(d) Willie eloped with a woman Portia didn't like.

4. What does Mick suddenly realize about her father in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) All the answers are correct.
(b) He felt cut off from his family.
(c) He felt useless.
(d) He felt lonesome.

5. What does Mick's father do for a job?
(a) Repairs watches and clocks.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An artist.
(d) A chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Copeland try to teach Negro parents?

2. What does Jake Blount say about Mr. Singer after he first meets him?

3. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?

4. What does Mick suggest she and Harry do before they return to the meal?

5. What kind of house does Dr. Copeland live in?

(see the answer key)

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