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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. What does Mrs. Jefferson promise Jack?
(a) She will pray for him.
(b) She will visit him in prison both soon and often.
(c) She will take care of Clara for him.
(d) She will bail him out.

2. Where are several things are going on, such as a dice game, bets on the outcome of the fight, and a performer in blackface performing for a group of fans unable to get into the arena itself?
(a) Outside Jack's trailer.
(b) Down the street from the arena.
(c) Inside the arena in Reno.
(d) Outside the arena in Reno.

3. In what city do they agree to have the fight?
(a) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(b) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

4. At her home in Chicago, what is Mrs. Jefferson doing?
(a) Talking to Jack.
(b) Waiting for news from Jack's trial.
(c) Praying for Jack.
(d) Writing a letter to Jack.

5. Who is with Mrs. Jefferson?
(a) Ellie, a pastor, and her brother.
(b) Cap'n Dan, Fred, and Goldie.
(c) Clara, Ellie, and Tick.
(d) Clara, a pastor, and a choir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what does Smitty warn Goldie?

3. Where is a large crowd of black people gathered?

4. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?

5. What are Tick, his black trainer, and Ellie, his white girlfriend, watching Jack do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place at the beginning of this scene?

2. What does Goldie think about Jack dating Ellie?

3. Describe the confrontation between Cameron and Ellie.

4. How do Fred and Cap'n Dan react to Dixon's plan?

5. Why is a group of black people collecting signatures and money?

6. How does Jack respond to Ragosy's request? What is Ellie's reaction?

7. How does Jack feel before the fight with the Polish boxer?

8. About what are Goldie and Tick concerned?

9. Why does Jack say he does not need to warm up?

10. What does one reporter say about Brady being the White Hope?

(see the answer keys)

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