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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. For what newspaper is Matthew the editor in Chapter 6?
(a) The Tribune.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Warning.
(d) The Herald.

2. When was the first Ku Klux Klan established?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1888.

3. What name did Matthew Fisher go by when he was black?
(a) Max Disher.
(b) Matthew Disher.
(c) Robert Fisher.
(d) Max Fisher.

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

5. Where do Bunny and Max meet in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Jazz Cellar.
(b) The Honky Tonk Club.
(c) Woodrow's Diner.
(d) The Silver Turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Max stop by where all his friends hang out after dropping off the reporter in Chapter 2?

2. Who is the central character of "Black No More"?

3. What is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule?

4. To where does Max take a taxi in the end of Chapter 2?

5. Who does Matthew marry in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?

3. What is Chuck Foster's back-story in the novel?

4. How is Max's excitement over being white and indistinguishable an example of irony?

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

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

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

8. How does Max go about approaching the beautiful woman in Chapter 1? What is her response?

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

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

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