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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. Who is the central character of "Black No More"?
(a) Dr. Junius Crookman.
(b) Bunny Brown.
(c) Reverend Henry Givens.
(d) Max Disher.

2. What is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labor and private property?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Poletarianism.
(c) Authoritarianism.
(d) Communism.

3. Where is Max's hometown?
(a) Frankfurt, KY.
(b) Memphis, TN.
(c) Atlanta, GA.
(d) Biloxi, MS.

4. How much money does the reporter in the cab offer Max for his story in Chapter 2?
(a) $700.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $500.

5. Mrs. Blandish suggests in Chapter 2 that black people have no what?
(a) Knowledge of white culture.
(b) Shame in their language.
(c) Stake in politics.
(d) Pride in their race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What predominantly black area of town in Atlanta does Matthew occasional go to, but no one will speak to him there because he is white in Chapter 4?

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

3. Who do the the Knights of Nordica have on their payroll fighting the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity in Chapter 6?

4. By what does Bunny recognize Max in Chapter 2?

5. How does Max know Mrs. Blandish?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What complication arises for Max once the news article is released in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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