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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say the dogs do silently when they regain consciousness?

2. Where does Richard move to?

3. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?

4. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?

5. What city does Richard arrive at in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Marcus Garvey?

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

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

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

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 want to read H.L Mencken?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the whites oppression of black people.

1) In what way could it be said that it was to the whites' benefit that they kept the black people down?

2) How much of the oppression was pure racism and how much was it due to fear?

3) In what way could it be said that the equality has benefited society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Wright's writing style. How would you describe the prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Wright's style give to his story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between education and racist attitudes.

1) How has education played an important part in changing racial attitudes?

2) How did education in the past help to develop racial attitudes?

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