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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. Whose work does Wright want to read?
(a) Mencken's
(b) Twain's
(c) Faulkner's
(d) Baldwin's

2. What does kind of company does Richard join?
(a) A television company
(b) A phone company
(c) An insurance agency
(d) A optics company

3. Who does Richard find is trying to oust him from his position at the Federal Negro Theater?
(a) The Communists
(b) The Fascists
(c) The Chicago mayor
(d) The American government

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richard not find Bess attractive?

2. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?

3. Who gives Richard a sly smile before Richard leaves work?

4. What is Ross facing legal prosecution for?

5. Who is the only person among Richard's family in Chicago who does not fall ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

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

6. What happens when Richard joins the May Day parade?

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

8. How do the white man and black man use Richard to help them move the liquor?

9. Why do Richard's fellow comrades begins to shun him?

10. Who was Marcus Garvey?

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