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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) Baldwin's
(c) Faulkner's
(d) Twain's

2. What do the black Communists brand Wright as?
(a) A snob
(b) An intellectual
(c) A worker
(d) An Uncle Tom

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

4. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?
(a) The grocery store
(b) The post office
(c) The relief station
(d) The paper store

5. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?
(a) European leaders
(b) Bolsheviks
(c) Black political leaders
(d) Black Communists

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ross facing legal prosecution for?

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

3. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?

4. Who does the editorial attack?

5. What does the Party charge Ross with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bill terrify Richard?

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

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

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

6. What problems does Richard face as publicity agent for the Federal Negro Theater?

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

8. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

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

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

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