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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Richard find work?
(a) A delicatessen
(b) A hostel
(c) A restaurant
(d) A movie theater

3. What does Yound accuse Swann of being?
(a) A journalist
(b) A police collaborator
(c) A Fascist
(d) A government spy

4. What does Richard say the dogs do silently when they regain consciousness?
(a) Whine
(b) Howl
(c) Bark
(d) Eat

5. Why does Richard wait two days before his departure to tell his boss that he is leaving?
(a) To get more money
(b) To minimize the fricton
(c) To annoy him
(d) To help him find someone else

6. What event causes Richard to lose a lot of his hours at the post office?
(a) The Vietnam War
(b) The Great Depression
(c) The First World War
(d) The Second World War

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

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

9. Who gives Richard a sly smile before Richard leaves work?
(a) Miss Molly
(b) Falk
(c) Bess
(d) Shorty

10. Who does the editorial attack?
(a) H.L. Mencken
(b) William Faulkner
(c) James Dean
(d) Mark Twain

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

12. Which two characters go to Chicago first?
(a) Richard and Alan
(b) Alan and Ellie
(c) Richard and Maggie
(d) Alan and Maggie

13. What parade does Richard try to be part of?
(a) St Patrick's Day
(b) Independence Day
(c) St George Day
(d) May Day

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?

2. What does Richard tell his black comrade he does for a living?

3. What does Richard need to do to to get the position at the post office?

4. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?

5. What is the name of Miss Moss' daughter?

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