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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. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?
(a) He dimly remembers the appearance of another man
(b) Other women seem to want to
(c) The woman does not want him to return
(d) The Brotherhood is mysteriously silent regarding his activities

2. What is in the narrator's briefcase?
(a) his cash
(b) his green spectacles
(c) a white hat
(d) Mary's bank

3. What surprises the narrator in relation to the riot?
(a) It was the inevitable end of the politics they had been preaching.
(b) The Brotherhood had instigated it.
(c) The Brotherhood knew nothing about it.
(d) He had actually been used to help cause it.

4. What does the figurine symbolize?
(a) money
(b) slavery
(c) freedom
(d) racism

5. Through his experiences, what has the narrator learned to value?
(a) Unity
(b) Diversity
(c) power
(d) Independence

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Brotherhood regard Clifton?

2. What fault does Emma find with the narrator?

3. The narrator becomes dizzy at the thought that true saviors might actually be where?

4. The narrator's anger is primarily focuses against

5. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emma's conversation create a sense of foreboding?

2. Brother Jack refers to Clifton as Brutus? How does the metaphor fit the situation?

3. Why do Dupre and his men choose a particular building to burn?

4. What is the narrator's intention in speaking up for the black couple who have been evicted?

5. Why does the lady on the street become angry when he tries to put the figurine in the trash can?

6. What is meant by "white fever"?

7. Why is Ras' anger ironic?

8. Identify several mistakes that the narrator makes in his first assigned speech in Harlem.

9. Describe one of the roles played by Rinehart.

10. Explain the irony of the figurine owned by Mary.

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