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

2. What is the name of Richard's foreman?
(a) James
(b) Fin
(c) Harry
(d) Olin

3. What does Richard need to do to to get the position at the post office?
(a) Marry
(b) Rent an apartment
(c) Buy a suit
(d) Put on weight

4. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?
(a) Lens maker
(b) Toilet cleaner
(c) Floor mopper
(d) Elevator man

5. Where do Richard and his friend find bootleg liquor?
(a) Floating on the water
(b) Under floorboards
(c) In a sand pit
(d) In a patch of weeds

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill's favorite phrase?

2. Whose work does Wright want to read?

3. What is the name of the John Reed Club magazine?

4. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?

5. What parade does Richard try to be part of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Bill terrify Richard?

4. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?

5. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

6. Who was Marcus Garvey?

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

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

9. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

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

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