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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Hank Johnson work his way up in New York?
2. Where are there newspaper editorials decrying Black-No-More in Chapter 3?
3. Where do Bunny and Max meet in the beginning of Chapter 1?
4. What word is widely used in the U.S. to refer to people of European origin or people who are white, even though the original classification was broader than this?
5. In Chapter 4, Matthew introduces himself to Reverend Givens as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Max in Chapter 4? How has his identity changed?
2. What do Matthew's actions determine his character to be in the plot of "Black No More" in Chapter 4?
3. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?
4. How is a dichotomy illustrated in Matthew in Chapter 6?
5. What discovery does Matthew make about the opposition of Black-No-More in Chapter 4?
6. Who is Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard? How is he described?
7. What does Max ask Dr. Crookman in Chapter 1? How does the chapter end?
8. How does Hank Johnson feel about the publicity Black-No-More is getting in Chapter 3? What is Hank's history?
9. What is happening to the neighborhood of Harlem in Chapter 3?
10. Where and when does Chapter 1 of "Black No More" begin? What two characters meet in the opening?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe W.E.B. Du Bois and the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. How are these satirized in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the character of Bunny Brown. How old is Bunny? What are Bunny's feelings about his race and his friendship with Max?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of race and commerce in the narrative. From Max's viewpoint, what is needed to achieve happiness in the United States? Why?
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