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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 role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?
(a) Publicity agent
(b) Light technician
(c) Director
(d) Casting agent

2. What is Wright fearful of doing at work?
(a) Giving in to stealing
(b) Making a mistake
(c) Offending the whites
(d) Lying

3. Where does Richard meet a young black man?
(a) On the waterfront
(b) In a cafe
(c) At a watermill
(d) In a restaurant

4. What is the name of Richard's new landlady?
(a) Jackie
(b) Miss Taylor
(c) Mrs. Moss
(d) Bess

5. What does Wright borrow from Falk?
(a) His credit card
(b) His library card
(c) His jeans
(d) His passport

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richard wait two days before his departure to tell his boss that he is leaving?

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

3. What does Richard tell his black comrade he does for a living?

4. Who does the editorial attack?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?

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

5. Who was Marcus Garvey?

6. How do Richard's co-workers react when he tells them he is moving North?

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

8. Why does Mrs. Moss end up disgusting Richard?

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

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

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