View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does RIchard say is the person who encourages him to keep writing?
(a) A shop owner
(b) His brother
(c) His father
(d) The newspaper editor

2. What does Richard work as during the summer?
(a) A bible salesman
(b) A water boy and brick gatherer
(c) A newspaper boy
(d) A baseball scorer

3. Why does Granny refuse to pay for Richard's school books?
(a) They are too fun
(b) They are sinful
(c) They are too worldly
(d) They are too expensive

4. What does Richard neglect to call one of the white youths?
(a) Mister
(b) Sir
(c) Master
(d) King

5. Where does Richard work the following summer?
(a) A grocery store
(b) A watermill
(c) A sawmill
(d) A bomb factory

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?

2. What kind of animal bites Richard?

3. What does Shorty allow a white man to do to him for a quarter?

4. When does the policeman say Richard should not make deliveries to white neighborhoods?

5. How does Richard help Granny to request money from her relatives?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 193 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample