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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 does the black comrade tell Richard would bolster his credibility?
(a) A white mistress
(b) A night on the town
(c) Drive a truck
(d) A confrontation with the police

2. What is Mencken famous as?
(a) A novelist
(b) A journalist
(c) A short story writer
(d) An essayist and critic

3. What is Matther's nickname?
(a) Screw loose
(b) Shorty
(c) Doctor
(d) Professor

4. What does Richard refuse to accept from a white customer?
(a) Food
(b) Money
(c) A present
(d) Drink

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wright borrow from Falk?

2. What political party are many of Richard's friends members of?

3. What style of poem does Wright write for the magazine?

4. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?

5. What character working in the hospital basement scares Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Marcus Garvey?

2. Why does Bill terrify Richard?

3. Why don't Southern people like it when blacks move to Northern cities?

4. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

5. How do Richard's white co-workers in the cafe shock him?

6. How do the white employers at the optical factory arrange a boxing match between Richard and Harrison?

7. What problems does Wright find in New York City?

8. What does Richard realize as he stands in line at the relief station?

9. What does Richard decide at the end of the book?

10. Why does Richard want to read H.L Mencken?

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