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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. In Chapter 3, Dr. Crookman is tired from all the responsibilities of his new business but believes it will solve what?
(a) The "Race problem."
(b) The "White problem."
(c) The "Negro problem."
(d) The "Big problem."

2. Dr. Crookman is opening sanitarium number what in Chapter 5?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

3. There were early rumors about whose deceptive business practices in the novel?
(a) Hank Johnson's.
(b) Dr. Junius Crookman.
(c) Bunny Brown.
(d) Chuck Foster's.

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

5. Matthew is confused as to why so many Southern newspapers seem unfriendly to Black-No-More, Incorporated until he realizes that the business is bad for what?
(a) Black culture.
(b) White pride.
(c) Black pride.
(d) White businesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reverend Henry Givens is described as an "ex" what?

2. What does the Greek word 'kuklos" mean?

3. Where are there newspaper editorials decrying Black-No-More in Chapter 3?

4. What word refers to a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, especially of the Nordic type?

5. Where does Matthew tell Reverend Givens he is from in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hank Johnson feel about the publicity Black-No-More is getting in Chapter 3? What is Hank's history?

3. What hypocrisy is pointed out about Dr. Crookman in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Max sell his story to the press after his procedure?

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

6. How is a dichotomy illustrated in Matthew in Chapter 6?

7. What examples of uniting take place in Chapter 6?

8. What concern faces Matthew about starting a family in Chapter 6?

9. What is happening to the neighborhood of Harlem in Chapter 3?

10. Who is Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard? How is he described?

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