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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Goldie ask Ellie to excuse them?
(a) The reporters are about to arrive.
(b) He wants to talk to Jack in private.
(c) Jack needs to focus.
(d) He does not care for her.

2. As Tick shouts directions and questions, Jack shouts back comments and answers. Why does Jack stop?
(a) He is concerned that watching him is too rough for Ellie.
(b) He walks out of the room.
(c) He is preparing to box.
(d) He is tired of arguing.

3. When Jack is finally allowed to speak, for what does he apologize?
(a) All the problems he has caused.
(b) Wanting to fight.
(c) Being black.
(d) Moving to England.

4. What does Jack say he has not figured out?
(a) His opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
(b) How to win in a way that will not get everybody angry at him.
(c) When the match will be.
(d) How to be a optimistic loser.

5. How does Smitty respond when Goldie tells him to fetch some police?
(a) The police will support the crowd.
(b) Those are the police.
(c) The police will ignore him.
(d) The police will show up unbidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dixon suggest if Jack were to come back to America, take on this fighter, and deliberately lose?

2. What does this man say about those black people who want success on white men's terms?

3. Whose power does this man believe black people should accept?

4. What does the next witness, Inspector Wainwright, detail?

5. Who is the first of several witnesses to object to Jack's presence in England?

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