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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Hoffmans operate their store?
(a) A railway station
(b) The city center
(c) A whites only neighborhood
(d) A metro station

2. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?
(a) The relief station
(b) The grocery store
(c) The post office
(d) The paper store

3. Who does Richard find is trying to oust him from his position at the Federal Negro Theater?
(a) The Chicago mayor
(b) The American government
(c) The Fascists
(d) The Communists

4. Where does Richard work with restless boys?
(a) West Side Boys' Club
(b) Happy Homes
(c) Gangland North
(d) South Side Boys' Club

5. What does Richard think he needs to build a bridge of?
(a) Freedom
(b) Variety
(c) Words
(d) Love

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

7. What does the Party charge Ross with?
(a) A consumerist personality
(b) Anti-leadership tendencies
(c) Treachory
(d) Adultery

8. What did Martin Garvey advocate for black Americans?
(a) Revolution
(b) A return to Africa
(c) A move to Europe
(d) War

9. 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

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

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

12. What does Shorty allow a white man to do to him for a quarter?
(a) Kiss him
(b) Push him over
(c) Kick him
(d) Hit him

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

14. What depresses Wright about Chicago?
(a) The rudeness of the people
(b) The racism
(c) The industrial landscape
(d) The traffic

15. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?
(a) Black political leaders
(b) Black Communists
(c) Bolsheviks
(d) European leaders

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard find work?

2. What does Richard say he feels like when a Jewish boy comes in to time how long it takes for him to clean?

3. Where does Young's identification state he has escaped from?

4. What is Wright fearful of doing at work?

5. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?

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