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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Richard refuse to accept from a white customer?
(a) A present
(b) Money
(c) Food
(d) Drink

4. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?
(a) He likes the South
(b) He is lazy
(c) He has too many responibilities
(d) He earns a lot of money

5. What is Matther's nickname?
(a) Professor
(b) Screw loose
(c) Shorty
(d) Doctor

6. What is Shorty willing to do for money?
(a) Anything
(b) Perform
(c) Demean himself
(d) Put himself in danger

7. What character working in the hospital basement scares Richard?
(a) Bill
(b) Brand
(c) Jock
(d) Cooke

8. What is the name of Richard's new landlady?
(a) Jackie
(b) Mrs. Moss
(c) Bess
(d) Miss Taylor

9. What city does Richard arrive at in this chapter?
(a) New York
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Chicago
(d) Memphis

10. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?
(a) Toilet cleaner
(b) Floor mopper
(c) Lens maker
(d) Elevator man

11. What is the name of the magazine H. L. Mencken edits?
(a) American Buffalo
(b) American Mercury
(c) Where the Buffalo Roam
(d) Lets Love

12. Where does RIchard take a job?
(a) An optical shop
(b) A cafe
(c) A bomb factory
(d) A cake shop

13. What style of poem does Wright write for the magazine?
(a) Free verse
(b) A sonnet
(c) A haiku
(d) A limerick

14. What is the name of Richard's foreman?
(a) Harry
(b) James
(c) Fin
(d) Olin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard find work?

2. What reason does Richard give for leaving the South?

3. What does Richard say he wants his bridge of words to connect with?

4. Where does Richard work with restless boys?

5. Who does Richard find is trying to oust him from his position at the Federal Negro Theater?

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