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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "I Am an American".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?
(a) He disappear never to return.
(b) He feed the baby for 21 years.
(c) He marry the girl.
(d) He move in with the both of them.

2. To what does the woman compare the scar?
(a) A disfigurement.
(b) A reminder.
(c) A badge of honor.
(d) A wedding ring.

3. Why does Ray say he is moving to a new parlor?
(a) He cannot stand Butler.
(b) He has a family to support.
(c) He and his family are moving their home.
(d) He wants to try some new cuts.

4. How far away is the bobby station?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

5. What is Harper's farm?
(a) Where black offenders go to be put on road gangs.
(b) Where Billy hids from the law.
(c) The farm that Billy and his wife own.
(d) A church group that rehabilitates criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Butler consider the processes being worn by other black men, but don't imitate the whites?

2. To what does the narrator compare the woman's wig and pantsuit?

3. What does Butler forbid in his barber shop?

4. What two things does Curtis suggest Willis do when he is worried about the Henry Street Guys?

5. About what does the woman who sits next to the Fosters complain?

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