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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 job does Piri answer an advertisement for?
(a) Shoe shiner
(b) Salesman
(c) Usher
(d) Chaplain

2. What is the name of the stud that approaches Piri and his friends?
(a) Dennis
(b) Concha
(c) Raymond
(d) Alfredo

3. Where does Piri go with his mother for help?
(a) Welfare Office
(b) The Social Services
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Home Relief Office

4. What item of Piri's clothing does the teacher grab?
(a) His sweater
(b) His trousers
(c) His t-shirt
(d) His shirt

5. What does Piri call Irish people?
(a) Patties
(b) Green people
(c) Elves
(d) Paddies

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piri tell Brew he is not?

2. Who unzips Piri's pants in this chapter?

3. What does Piri call white people when he shouts at Angelo?

4. Where do Trina and Piri go after the candy store?

5. What does the Chinese doctor ask Piri?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Piri think Crutch has a good way of looking at racism?

2. What happens at the faggots' apartment?

3. How does Miss Washington help Piri in this section?

4. Describe the way of life in Harlem.

5. Why does Marcia claim she cannot dance with Piri?

6. Why does Piri think his father does not like him as much as his other children?

7. How do Piri and his mother react differently to Paulie's death?

8. Why do Piri and his gang decide to go with Alfredo?

9. How does racism bother Piri in the fourth section?

10. Describe Piri's time with Pane and his sister, Lorry.

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