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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose name does Jesus claim he is going to kill someone at the end of Part 4?
(a) God and the Duchess.
(b) God and Queen Victoria.
(c) The Duchess and the Queen.
(d) Sarah.

2. What does the Duchess bring to the Queen?
(a) A bag of hair.
(b) A bag of clothes.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A plate of food.

3. Who does the Duchess represent?
(a) An element of black history.
(b) An element of the Landlady.
(c) An element of Sarah.
(d) An element of the author.

4. What was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?
(a) He or she was bleeding.
(b) He or she was getting a hair cut.
(c) He or she was losing their hair.
(d) He or she was dying.

5. What does the rejection of the African-American man's mother symbolize?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rejection of society.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Self-love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character's hair loss in Part 4 signify?

2. Who did Sarah's father's mother want him to become?

3. What happens because of the African-American man's feelings about himself?

4. What does "Negro" claim is her only African-American feature?

5. What sound is heard throughout Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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