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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of school does Richard start attending?
(a) Alternative school
(b) Public school
(c) Boarding school
(d) Religious school

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

3. What does Richard reason that an honest living would lead to?
(a) Marriage and children
(b) Oppression
(c) Boredom
(d) A prolonged stay in the South

4. What does one of the workers show Richard to demonstrate how dangerous working at the sawmill can be?
(a) His missing fingers
(b) Hospital reports
(c) The worker's graveyard
(d) Photographs

5. In what way does Richard think thievery is encouraged?
(a) Bosses rarely pay wages
(b) Bosses hit their workers
(c) Bosses tempt the workers
(d) Bosses would rather have dishonest workers

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

7. What kind of food does the woman offer Richard to eat?
(a) Moldy food
(b) Meat balls
(c) Soul food
(d) Gourmet food

8. What does Richard do in the hotel?
(a) Empties bins
(b) Mops floors
(c) Works on reception
(d) Cleans rooms

9. Where does Nathan work as a night porter?
(a) A hotel
(b) Hospital
(c) Drug store
(d) A hostel

10. What does Richard suffer from in Granny's house at night?
(a) Insomnia
(b) Nightmares
(c) Seizures
(d) Crying fits

11. What does Richard have to call his aunt in class?
(a) Miss Wilson
(b) Miss Doran
(c) Teacher
(d) Addie

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

13. What does Wright do after he gives his speech?
(a) Turns his back on the crowd
(b) Gives a black power salute
(c) Cries
(d) Walks away

14. What part of Arkansas does Maggie live in?
(a) Moscow
(b) Elaine
(c) Jennifer
(d) Pope

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to give Richard a ride home?

2. What kind of hat do the two boys knock off Richard's head?

3. What does Richard use to make deliveries?

4. What does Richard refuse from his neighbors?

5. What does Ella work as?

(see the answer keys)

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