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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard like about his job selling newspapers?
(a) Reading the stories
(b) Earning money
(c) Meeting white people
(d) Annoying white people

2. What kind of weapon does Richard hide under his pillow?
(a) A stick
(b) A knife
(c) A tomahawk
(d) A gun

3. Who offers to give Richard a ride home?
(a) A group of black men
(b) His boss
(c) A group of white men
(d) His boss' wife

4. What kind of hat do the two boys knock off Richard's head?
(a) A baseball hat
(b) A straw hat
(c) A bowler hat
(d) A top hat

5. What does Richard's mother think will happen if people think Richard has a weak mind?
(a) He will end up in an institution
(b) He won't get a job
(c) People will take advantage
(d) People will bully him

6. When does the policeman say Richard should not make deliveries to white neighborhoods?
(a) In the morning
(b) The weekdays
(c) The weekend
(d) After dark

7. What does Richard threaten Addie with at home?
(a) A knife
(b) A gun
(c) An ax
(d) A tomahawk

8. What does the white security guard threaten Richard with?
(a) A fist
(b) A stick
(c) A knife
(d) A gun

9. What does Richard's boss say a dog's bite cannot hurt?
(a) A strong boy
(b) A man
(c) A nigger
(d) A builder

10. What does Richard start selling to earn money?
(a) Life insurance
(b) Magazines
(c) Newspapers
(d) Posters

11. Why does Ella have to stop work?
(a) She has won the lottery
(b) She wants to spend more time with her children
(c) She is ill
(d) She is pregnant

12. Why did the whites kill the black boy?
(a) He walked into a white cafe
(b) He stole money
(c) He was consorting with a white prostitute
(d) He spoke out of turn to his boss

13. What does Richard see in the storeroom on the floor?
(a) Semen
(b) Teeth
(c) Nails
(d) Blood

14. What does Ella work as?
(a) A nurse
(b) A cleaner
(c) A gardener
(d) A cook

15. Who does Richard see beat a black woman?
(a) His boss' wife
(b) His brother
(c) His boss
(d) The mayor

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes a speech for Wright to read at his graduation?

2. What do Wright and his co workers do to steal $200?

3. What does Richard refuse from his neighbors?

4. What does Richard have to call his aunt in class?

5. What does Richard's mother force him to do with the dead kitten?

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