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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Time, III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form does John Wideman use for telling Robby's story?
(a) Narrative.
(b) The essay.
(c) Satire.
(d) The letter.

2. What shade of black does John say he and his siblings are?
(a) Very dark.
(b) Medium dark.
(c) Light.
(d) Almost white.

3. What was the Homewood Avenue district?
(a) A shipping port.
(b) A center for drugs and prostitution.
(c) A coal mining ghetto.
(d) A center for gang violence.

4. What Catch-22 was John caught in?
(a) He was expected to be smart and also anti-intellectual.
(b) He was expected to be black and also to fit in seamlessly.
(c) He was expected to have money, but he was expected not to work.
(d) He was expected to be a rebel and also a conformist.

5. What does Robby say made Stavros go down?
(a) He saw him get shot.
(b) He saw bullets go through his clothes.
(c) He wasn't sure if he was shot, or just trying to duck.
(d) He was hit by splintered wood from where the bullets hit crates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stavros find out that he had been set up?

2. What does Robby say about his line of sight when Stavros went into the back?

3. What did Stavros do when he was shot the second time?

4. What does Robby say he heard when Stavros went into the back?

5. What does John say Garth's status was, in the neighborhood?

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