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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Maggie live?
(a) Boston
(b) Arkansas
(c) Mississippi
(d) New York
2. Where does Ella send her children?
(a) England
(b) A boarding school
(c) A detention center
(d) An orphanage
3. When does the policeman say Richard should not make deliveries to white neighborhoods?
(a) After dark
(b) The weekend
(c) In the morning
(d) The weekdays
4. Which of the following does Richard set fire to?
(a) Bacon
(b) Carpet
(c) Curtains
(d) Trees
5. What do the white youths smash into Richard's face?
(a) A weight
(b) A whiskey bottle
(c) A glass jar
(d) A rock
6. Where did the black boy work?
(a) A cafe
(b) A hotel
(c) A restaurant
(d) A factory
7. Where does Richard work after the hotel?
(a) A restaurant
(b) A movie theater
(c) An opera theater
(d) A ship
8. What does Richard have to fight Uncle Tom off with?
(a) A stick
(b) A spear
(c) A knife
(d) Razors
9. In what way does Richard think thievery is encouraged?
(a) Bosses would rather have dishonest workers
(b) Bosses tempt the workers
(c) Bosses hit their workers
(d) Bosses rarely pay wages
10. Where are the newspaper's printed?
(a) New York
(b) San Francisco
(c) Chicago
(d) Los Angeles
11. Who does the family spend time with on the way to Arkansas?
(a) James McFadden
(b) Uncle Tom
(c) Granny
(d) Auntie Joan
12. What does Nathan work as?
(a) Cook
(b) Night porter
(c) Doctor
(d) Secretary
13. What kind of school does Richard enter?
(a) Boarding school
(b) Law school
(c) Religious school
(d) Public school
14. What does Wright say he would have done if he had known there were so many obstacles to overcome as a writer?
(a) Moved to Paris
(b) Abandoned his quest
(c) Married early
(d) Gone to a deserted island
15. What does Richard's mother force him to do with the dead kitten?
(a) Bury it
(b) Eat it
(c) Burn it
(d) Feed it to hyenas
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Griggs know Richard?
2. What does Richard reason that an honest living would lead to?
3. What does Richard see in the storeroom on the floor?
4. What does Richard have to call his aunt in class?
5. What does Richard like about his job selling newspapers?
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