Black Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Black Boy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard vow never to do again?
(a) Kill
(b) Go back to the south
(c) Talk to his grandma
(d) Steal

2. Who does Richard start working for?
(a) A Jewish family
(b) A white family
(c) The local library
(d) The American post office

3. How does Richard kill the kitten?
(a) Burns it
(b) Strangles it
(c) Hangs it
(d) Shoots it

4. What does Granny do when Richard complains about her restrictions?
(a) Slaps him
(b) Prays for him
(c) Kisses him
(d) Whips him

5. What do Granny and Addie give up their efforts to do?
(a) Find work
(b) Save Richard's soul
(c) Fight for the end of segregation
(d) Find a husband

6. Whose propaganda are the newspapers full of?
(a) The Communists
(b) The Capitalists
(c) The Klu Klux Klan
(d) The Facists

7. What does Richard do when his employers mock him for wanting to become a writer?
(a) Slaps her
(b) Laughs at her
(c) Breaks a window
(d) Quits

8. Who is Granny renting a room to?
(a) A factory owner
(b) A communist
(c) A school teacher
(d) A cook

9. What kind of animal does Richard kill?
(a) Squirrel
(b) Dog
(c) Cat
(d) Buffalo

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

11. What does Richard say he has to see to believe in God?
(a) A flying horse
(b) An angel
(c) A resurrection
(d) A prophet

12. What does Richard's mother arm him with to attack the boys?
(a) A stick
(b) A gun
(c) A whip
(d) A tomahawk

13. What kind of church does Richard attend with his mother?
(a) Lutheran
(b) Catholic
(c) Baptist
(d) Methodist

14. What does Richard tell the woman he wants to be?
(a) A doctor
(b) A scientist
(c) A lawyer
(d) A writer

15. What does the principal think he will keep Richard from doing if he does not read his speech?
(a) Writing
(b) Living
(c) Working
(d) Graduating

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard work as during the summer?

2. Why does Richard hesitate in engaging in thievery in the hotel?

3. What does Richard start selling to earn money?

4. Who does Richard choose to live with?

5. Who does the family spend time with on the way to Arkansas?

(see the answer keys)

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