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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What city does Richard arrive at in this chapter?
(a) Memphis
(b) Chicago
(c) Los Angeles
(d) New York
2. Why does Richard wait two days before his departure to tell his boss that he is leaving?
(a) To minimize the fricton
(b) To help him find someone else
(c) To get more money
(d) To annoy him
3. What does Richard think he needs to build a bridge of?
(a) Words
(b) Freedom
(c) Love
(d) Variety
4. What is Shorty willing to do for money?
(a) Put himself in danger
(b) Demean himself
(c) Perform
(d) Anything
5. What event causes Richard to lose a lot of his hours at the post office?
(a) The Second World War
(b) The Great Depression
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) The First World War
6. What does the Party charge Ross with?
(a) Adultery
(b) Anti-leadership tendencies
(c) A consumerist personality
(d) Treachory
7. What does Richard tell his black comrade he does for a living?
(a) Boxes
(b) Sweeps roads
(c) Writes books
(d) Empties bins
8. What is Bill's favorite phrase?
(a) Watch your back Jack
(b) Brain drain
(c) Let us all start over again
(d) Hang em all
9. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?
(a) Lens maker
(b) Floor mopper
(c) Toilet cleaner
(d) Elevator man
10. What is the name of the John Reed Club magazine?
(a) Common ground
(b) Middle ground
(c) Left Front
(d) Right Front
11. Who gives Richard a sly smile before Richard leaves work?
(a) Shorty
(b) Bess
(c) Falk
(d) Miss Molly
12. What is Ross facing legal prosecution for?
(a) Battery
(b) Attempted murder
(c) Rioting
(d) Smuggling
13. What does Wright borrow from Falk?
(a) His library card
(b) His credit card
(c) His passport
(d) His jeans
14. What does Richard refuse to accept from a white customer?
(a) Money
(b) Drink
(c) A present
(d) Food
15. What is Matther's nickname?
(a) Screw loose
(b) Doctor
(c) Professor
(d) Shorty
Short Answer Questions
1. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?
2. Whose work does Wright want to read?
3. Who joins Richard in Memphis?
4. Who does the editorial attack?
5. What does Shorty allow a white man to do to him for a quarter?
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