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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator hear Henry say next door?
(a) Goddamit.
(b) Not again.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) Shut up.

2. What people does the narrator say were sent away?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Africans.
(d) Irish.

3. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?
(a) An axe.
(b) A shiv.
(c) A screw driver.
(d) A dagger.

4. What does the narrator say he intimidates the fearful white woman with?
(a) A killer's smile.
(b) A enigmatic smile.
(c) A sexual stare.
(d) A blank stare.

5. How does the narrator describe the shape of Alice's face?
(a) Heart-shaped.
(b) Kidney-shaped.
(c) Pear-shaped.
(d) Moon-shaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Himes' mother encourage her sons to do so they wouldn't grow flat?

2. What is a tacker?

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

4. What color is the white boy's hair?

5. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?

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