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

2. What does the narrator notice at the funeral that he would like to exploit?
(a) The absence of the Brotherhood
(b) The large attendance on the part of the youth`
(c) The carelessness of the policemen
(d) The tension of the crowd

3. The narrator believes the Brotherhood will destroy itself. Why?
(a) Because it is blind to its own lack of real purpose
(b) Because it has no real direction
(c) Because it is hurting the people it pretends to help
(d) Because the members are fighting among themselves

4. Where does Brother Jack send the narrator at the end of the meeting?
(a) Back to Brother Hambro for more indoctrination sessions
(b) to meet with Westrum
(c) Back to his apartment at the men's center
(d) Back to addressing the woman questions

5. What does Brother Tarp give the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) a secret message
(b) a warning
(c) a piece of the chain he once wore
(d) a key to handcuffs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?

2. What truth does the narrator discover about Brother Jack?

3. Who is Rinehart?

4. Why does the narrator try to hide the figurine from Mary?

5. With what animal does the narrator compare Brother Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator's funeral oration more moving than if he had planned a speech based according to party guidelines?

2. In what way could the new shoes be symbolic?

3. Why does Jack become angry with the man who asks the narrator to sing a "spiritual"?

4. Why is Ras' anger ironic?

5. What is meant by "white fever"?

6. Describe one of the roles played by Rinehart.

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

8. What is the significance of the black thread that controls the dancing doll?

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

10. What strikes the narrator as the profound truth about the riot?

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