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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 does Max offer to pay for Bunny in Chapter 2?
(a) A train ticket
(b) His whitening procedure.
(c) A hotel room.
(d) A traffic citation.

2. What refers to a person who believes in or advocates the superiority of a particular group, especially a racial group?
(a) Communist.
(b) Racist.
(c) Inequalitist.
(d) Supremacist.

3. What is the name of the girlfriend who recently left Max in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Betty.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Annette.
(d) Bonnie.

4. When was the second Ku Klux Klan established?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1918.

5. In what area of New York does Max live in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Upper East Side.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a former Numbers runner and is now an important player in Black-No-More Inc.?

2. For how long has Matthew been editor at the local paper in Chapter 6?

3. How does Max know Mrs. Blandish?

4. To what office is Dr. Beard's letter of demand sent in Chapter 5?

5. For what paper does the reporter work who waits for Max in his cab outside the sanitarium in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the black community changing in Chapter 5?

2. What is the basic premise and plot of the story "Black No More"?

3. What aspects of Matthew make it difficult for the reader to sympathize with him?

4. What does Max remark about his skin after the procedure in Chapter 2? How is this satirical?

5. What does Dr. Crookman believe his company is doing for society? Why is this absurd?

6. What inspires Max to go to the Phyllis Wheatley Hotel in Chapter 1?

7. Who is Reverend Givens? How does Matthew introduce himself to this man?

8. What threat does Bunny pose to Matthew in Chapter 6?

9. What discovery does Matthew make about the opposition of Black-No-More in Chapter 4?

10. What are Max's first experiences like as a white man in Chapter 2?

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