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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. Why does the narrator head for the East?
(a) He is obliged to go there.
(b) This is the new Mecca and he is drawn there.
(c) Words have detached from emotion and passion.
(d) It is softer there.

2. How long ago did Jones first notice trouble between Charles and Johnson?
(a) 8 years ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 2 weeks ago.
(d) He never noticed trouble between them.

3. In the story, what is said to be the only one book that offers a suitable religion for businessmen?
(a) Torah.
(b) Writings.
(c) Koran.
(d) Bible.

4. What do Thomas and Harold think they need to explain to Nelson?
(a) Ethics of profit.
(b) Race relations.
(c) The need to work together for publicity.
(d) Justified realizations.

5. Who did Charles harm?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His employer.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator like to do but not do?

2. With what color does Harold say is the only color that he is concerned?

3. What do the people chant?

4. What does Jones denies kept Charles and Jones from being friends?

5. Which of the following characters is described as obviously successful if not wealthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say great literature has given way to?

2. How does Leon describe his landlady?

3. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

4. What does Paul do after months of silence at the mental hospital?

5. What is Harold Green caught doing that angers people in the community?

6. What does the group of storytellers who Ginny joined consider themselves and what happens to change this?

7. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

8. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

9. Why does the editor feel obliged to impose order on the piece of writing in front of him?

10. What is the first parable about the narrator shares?

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