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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Richard and his friend find bootleg liquor?
(a) In a patch of weeds
(b) Floating on the water
(c) In a sand pit
(d) Under floorboards

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

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

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

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

6. Who joins Richard in Memphis?
(a) His brother and mother
(b) His father
(c) His grandmother
(d) His Uncle Tom

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

8. What is Wright fearful of doing at work?
(a) Offending the whites
(b) Lying
(c) Giving in to stealing
(d) Making a mistake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters go to Chicago first?

2. Where do the Hoffmans operate their store?

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

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

5. Whose work does Wright want to read?

(see the answer keys)

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