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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. What happens to Richard's bike when he is making a delivery in this chapter?
(a) Its wheel buckles
(b) It gets a flat tire
(c) Its frame snaps
(d) Its pedals fall off

2. Where does Richard work after the hotel?
(a) An opera theater
(b) A restaurant
(c) A movie theater
(d) A ship

3. Where does Richard work the following summer?
(a) A sawmill
(b) A watermill
(c) A grocery store
(d) A bomb factory

4. What does Richard neglect to call one of the white youths?
(a) Mister
(b) King
(c) Sir
(d) Master

5. What do the white youths smash into Richard's face?
(a) A weight
(b) A rock
(c) A whiskey bottle
(d) A glass jar

Short Answer Questions

1. Who beats Richard until he loses consciousness?

2. Who does Richard start working for?

3. Why can Richard not write his own speech at his graduation?

4. What does Brother Mance sell?

5. Who writes a speech for Wright to read at his graduation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pease and Reynolds treat Richard at the optical factory?

2. Why can Richard not believe in God?

3. What does the family decide is the best way to care for Richard and his brother?

4. What does Wright think about his writing career in retrospect?

5. Why does Richard threaten Addie with a knife in Chapter 4?

6. What job does Richard find in Chapter 5?

7. Why does Richard continue working for the second white family, even though he dislikes them?

8. Why does the schoolteacher have to move out of Granny's house?

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

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

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