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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. White businesses, particularly in the South, want their workers to see what as a problem in Chapter 4?

2. Black residents in New York are moving out of what neighborhood in Chapter 3?

3. What term refers to the specific type of central character which leads the action in "Black No More"?

4. What year is it in Chapter 6?

5. What doorkeeper doesn't recognize Max and tells him to go away in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What plans are discussed for Black-No-More Inc. in the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

8. Why is anger developing in the South over Black-No-More Inc. in Chapter 3?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Santop Licorice, the Back-to-Africa Society and the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity. How does each relate to the Knights of Nordica?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the politics of the 1930s and their depiction in the novel. How are the politicians shown to be corrupt in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Bunny Brown. How old is Bunny? What are Bunny's feelings about his race and his friendship with Max?

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