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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Richard related to Maggie?
(a) Her uncle
(b) Her step brother
(c) Her nephew
(d) Her half brother

2. What does Granny forbid in her house?
(a) Men
(b) Devil stuff
(c) White women
(d) Guns

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

4. Who are Richard's friends hostile towards?
(a) Men
(b) Whites
(c) Women
(d) Religious zealots

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

6. What does one boy claim gonorrhea is?
(a) The devil's curse
(b) A white man's disease
(c) Painful
(d) A mark of manhood

7. On what level does religion interest Richard?
(a) Young
(b) Intellectual
(c) Sensual
(d) Emotional

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

9. Which of the following do the gangs not use as weapons?
(a) Knives
(b) Iron
(c) Rocks
(d) Glass

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

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

12. What does Aunt Addie accuse Richard of eating?
(a) Walnuts
(b) Sultanas
(c) Chocolate
(d) Peanuts

13. Why does Richard hesitate in engaging in thievery in the hotel?
(a) He earns enough
(b) It is not work the risk
(c) He likes his boss
(d) It is immoral

14. Where does the piece of glass cut Richard?
(a) On the neck
(b) On the back of his knee
(c) On the nose
(d) Behind the ear

15. Who writes a speech for Wright to read at his graduation?
(a) Miss Harper
(b) The governor
(c) The principal
(d) His brother

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ella send her children?

2. What does Uncle Clark assign Richard with as soon as he arrives?

3. Why does Richard's boss fire him?

4. Where does Richard work after the hotel?

5. What does Richard do to stop feeling so hungry?

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