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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he doesn't have to marry?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Love.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Race.

2. What does the note say that comes with the restaurant bill?
(a) Jones will be lynched.
(b) The restaurant has a job opening.
(c) Jones is not welcome back.
(d) The restaurant has called the police.

3. When does the narrator say he can give the man money for the dog?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) Monday.
(d) In an hour.

4. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?
(a) James Dean.
(b) Jimmy Crow.
(c) Bigger Thomas.
(d) Malcolm Marshall.

5. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Scream.
(c) Holler.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Wright's novels did Baldwin feel threatened by?

2. What does Jones make reservations for at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Where do the two patrol officers take Jones and Alice?

4. What does Alice tell Jones she doesn't like?

5. What does the narrator say a feeling settles in his stomach like?

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