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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Richard give for leaving the South?
(a) To be near his mother
(b) To write
(c) To have more freedom
(d) To get married

2. What is the name of Miss Moss' daughter?
(a) Georgie
(b) Doris
(c) Bess
(d) Joan

3. What does Richard tell his black comrade he does for a living?
(a) Sweeps roads
(b) Boxes
(c) Writes books
(d) Empties bins

4. What does Richard say he wants his bridge of words to connect with?
(a) The black world
(b) The white world
(c) The outside world
(d) The inside world

5. What is Mencken famous as?
(a) A short story writer
(b) A journalist
(c) An essayist and critic
(d) A novelist

6. What do the black Communists brand Wright as?
(a) A worker
(b) A snob
(c) An intellectual
(d) An Uncle Tom

7. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?
(a) Casting agent
(b) Light technician
(c) Publicity agent
(d) Director

8. What does kind of company does Richard join?
(a) A optics company
(b) An insurance agency
(c) A television company
(d) A phone company

9. What political party are many of Richard's friends members of?
(a) The Black Panthers
(b) The Communist party
(c) The Fascist party
(d) The Democratic party

10. Whose work does Wright want to read?
(a) Twain's
(b) Baldwin's
(c) Faulkner's
(d) Mencken's

11. What does Richard need to do to to get the position at the post office?
(a) Rent an apartment
(b) Marry
(c) Put on weight
(d) Buy a suit

12. What is Bill's favorite phrase?
(a) Watch your back Jack
(b) Hang em all
(c) Brain drain
(d) Let us all start over again

13. What does Wright borrow from Falk?
(a) His jeans
(b) His credit card
(c) His passport
(d) His library card

14. Where does Richard move to?
(a) Memphis
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Dallas
(d) Raleigh

15. Why does Richard not find Bess attractive?
(a) She is childish and dull
(b) She is insensitive
(c) She is mentally impaired
(d) She is humorless

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?

2. What parade does Richard try to be part of?

3. What city does Richard arrive at in this chapter?

4. Why does Richard wait two days before his departure to tell his boss that he is leaving?

5. What does the Party charge Ross with?

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