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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The white people move aside and reveal what?
(a) Ellie.
(b) A small group of black people.
(c) Jack's trainers.
(d) Jack's family.

2. What does Jack say will happen now that a match has been arranged for him?
(a) He will move to the United States.
(b) He is sure there will be no problems.
(c) He knows some problems will occur.
(d) He is sure he will make plenty of money.

3. What does a group of rangers arrive and announce?
(a) No more seats are available in the arena.
(b) All weapons are to be confiscated.
(c) No blacks are allowed in.
(d) The fight has been cancelled.

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

5. She recalls how hard it was to teach him the right way to behave, how he was always determined to do things his own way, and how she tried to punish him physically. What does she say she should have done to keep Jack out of a situation such as this?
(a) Locked him in his room.
(b) Tried harder to teach him the right way to behave.
(c) Put into a private school.
(d) Sent him to college.

6. From whom does Brady face intense pressure?
(a) Fred, Cap'n Dan, and Smitty.
(b) Jack, Ellie, and Fred.
(c) Smity, Fred, and Jack.
(d) Cap'n Dan, Jack, and Smitty.

7. About what does the performer joke?
(a) How he hopes others will support Jack.
(b) How he wants to wash his face.
(c) How he hopes he is not the only black person around.
(d) How he wishes he were really black.

8. Who knocks on the door and enters?
(a) Rudy and three other young black men.
(b) Tick and Ellie.
(c) The group of police officers.
(d) Jack.

9. How long does Jack have left on bail and the right to appeal?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

10. How does the boxer fight that makes him seem like he does not fight "like a man?"
(a) He cried the entire match and begged for it to be over.
(b) He smiled all during the match, taunted his opponent, and made "smart ass remarks to the crowd."
(c) He made cheap shots and cursed at the other boxer.
(d) He glared at the other boxer, he would not stop when the referee told him to, and he swung harder than he needed to.

11. Who is the second witness, who makes racist remarks as she complains about the parties, noise, and destructive behavior that took place in the apartment that Jack and Ellie rented from her?
(a) Coates.
(b) Bratby.
(c) Mrs. Kimball.
(d) Inspector Wainwright.

12. What does this man say about those black people who want success on white men's terms?
(a) It is another form of slavery.
(b) White men's terms are the best.
(c) They are smart to do that.
(d) Everyone should succeed on white men's terms.

13. What does an extremely well-spoken black man say about Jack's behavior?
(a) It is a disgrace to all colored people.
(b) It is shocking but expected.
(c) It is what one should expect from a young athlete.
(d) It is what all black men should do.

14. What does a Deacon tell Jack?
(a) He must fight for himself and God.
(b) They are all going to be praying for him and that he is fighting for all of them.
(c) Fighting is a sin.
(d) He should not fight.

15. What is Cameron's response to this well-spoken black man?
(a) He has a good point.
(b) He is wrong.
(c) He is crazy.
(d) He is just like Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cap'n Dan refuse to have the fight in any large cities?

2. What does a witness named Bratby explain?

3. Late at night in a hotel room in Wisconsin, what does Jack try to get Ellie to do?

4. Dixon and five white men burst in and, after a scuffle, arrest Jack for what?

5. What do the men say a good White Hope could do?

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