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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 is the name of Granny's religion?
(a) Jehova Witness
(b) Baptist
(c) Seventh-Day Adventist
(d) Buddhism

2. What does Richard like about his job selling newspapers?
(a) Meeting white people
(b) Earning money
(c) Reading the stories
(d) Annoying white people

3. Where does RIchard want to move to?
(a) Mexico
(b) Canada
(c) Europe
(d) The North

4. What does Richard do to gain acceptance at his new school?
(a) Steal
(b) Bully
(c) Fight
(d) Talk back to the teachers

5. Which of the following do the gangs not use as weapons?
(a) Knives
(b) Rocks
(c) Glass
(d) Iron

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Pease and Reynolds refuse to train Richard on the optic machines?

2. How does Griggs know Richard?

3. What does one of the workers show Richard to demonstrate how dangerous working at the sawmill can be?

4. What kind of animal does Richard kill?

5. Where is Richard going when the boys rob him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Richard hang the kitten?

3. What job does Richard find in Chapter 5?

4. What mistake does Granny make at the end of Chapter 4?

5. Why does Richard leave his job in the sawmill?

6. What does Richard think about the popular contention that black people lead passionate, emotional lives?

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

8. What advice does Grigg offer Richard?

9. Why does Richard develop a bitter association between his father and hunger?

10. How does Richard's boss respond when Richard tells him he was bitten by his dog?

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