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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does RIchard say is the person who encourages him to keep writing?
(a) His brother
(b) A shop owner
(c) His father
(d) The newspaper editor

2. What does Granny equate literary fiction with?
(a) Hell
(b) Lies
(c) Kindness
(d) Sin

3. What do Wright and his co workers do to steal $200?
(a) Re-sell tickets
(b) Pimp
(c) Sell drugs
(d) Sell alcohol

4. Who does Granny inform that Richard has seen an angel?
(a) Her congregation
(b) Addie
(c) A radio station
(d) Richard's mother

5. What does Richard vow never to do again?
(a) Go back to the south
(b) Talk to his grandma
(c) Kill
(d) Steal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard reason that an honest living would lead to?

2. Where does Richard work next?

3. What does Richard do in the hotel?

4. What is the name of Richard's brother?

5. Why does Richard hesitate in engaging in thievery in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard hang the kitten?

2. What does Richard eat for his meals in Jackson?

3. What awkward question does Richard's prospective white employer ask him?

4. Why does Richard stop selling the newspaper?

5. Why does Richard get baptized in Chapter 6?

6. How does Richard burn down his grandparents' house?

7. What does Richard learn about the brother of one of his classmates?

8. How does Richard cut his ear?

9. What does Richard do with the money he steals?

10. What happens when Richard makes a delivery to a white neighborhood in Chapter 9?

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