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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule?
(a) Biography.
(b) Romantic comedy.
(c) Satire.
(d) Allegory.

2. When was "Black No More" first published?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1925.

3. Where does Max stop by where all his friends hang out after dropping off the reporter in Chapter 2?
(a) Boogie's place.
(b) Jimmy's place.
(c) Roger's place.
(d) Harvey's place.

4. Who is losing all of the business at her hair salon in Chapter 3?
(a) Madame Sisseretta Blandish.
(b) Mrs. Givens.
(c) Helen Givens.
(d) Mrs. Johnson.

5. What reporter is waiting in the cab after Max leaves the sanitarium in Chapter 2?
(a) Sybil Smith.
(b) Hank Johnson.
(c) Chuck Foster.
(d) Bunny Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max offer to pay for Bunny in Chapter 2?

2. What is Max Disher's profession in the beginning of the novel?

3. How much money does the reporter in the cab offer Max for his story in Chapter 2?

4. How did Hank Johnson work his way up in New York?

5. What refers to a person who believes in or advocates the superiority of a particular group, especially a racial group?

(see the answer key)

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