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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tash play piano before going to prison?
(a) A local nightclub.
(b) For his school chorus.
(c) In his school orchestra.
(d) Church.

2. What is the narrator's normal demeanor?
(a) Quiet and reserved.
(b) Happy and outgoing.
(c) Rambunctious.
(d) Arrogant.

3. What does Jayjones say about black men?
(a) They are hunted.
(b) They should hunt just as they are hunted.
(c) They need to learn to get along in white society.
(d) They should leave the United States.

4. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?
(a) He likes to dress in female clothing but he dates women.
(b) He waves at cars like he is the Queen of England.
(c) To indicate he is gay.
(d) Because it makes him angry and he is fun to tease.

5. Who is Tash?
(a) A black man shot for no reason in a white neighborhood.
(b) Emmett's father.
(c) A black minister who is too white.
(d) Emmett's older brother who is in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Jayjones known?

2. For whom is Neeka's brother Albert named?

3. What does Jayjones say happens to black men in the wrong places?

4. Why does Randall not tell his side of the story?

5. Where do D, Neeka and the narrator get off the bus?

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