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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only day of the week that Richard could realistically work on?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Sunday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday

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

3. Where does Richard work after the hotel?
(a) A restaurant
(b) An opera theater
(c) A ship
(d) A movie theater

4. What can Richard now do with his class mates?
(a) Fight
(b) Tease girls
(c) Eat lunch
(d) Play football

5. Who does Granny inform that Richard has seen an angel?
(a) A radio station
(b) Her congregation
(c) Richard's mother
(d) Addie

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

7. What does Richard's mother force him to do with the dead kitten?
(a) Bury it
(b) Feed it to hyenas
(c) Burn it
(d) Eat it

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

9. Where does Richard take a job at the end of the summer?
(a) A cafe
(b) A hotel
(c) A restaurant
(d) A factory

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

11. What does Richard do to stop feeling so hungry?
(a) Talks a lot
(b) Steals from butchers
(c) Staples his stomach
(d) Drinks water

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

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

14. Where do Richard and his family move to after the house burns down?
(a) New York
(b) Memphis
(c) California
(d) Chicago

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard work next?

2. What does Richard see in the storeroom on the floor?

3. Who beats Richard until he loses consciousness?

4. Who moves in with the family in this chapter?

5. Why can Richard not write his own speech at his graduation?

(see the answer keys)

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