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

2. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?
(a) They boo.
(b) They cheer.
(c) They cry.
(d) They are silent.

3. What does Coates prompt Bratby to reveal?
(a) The match promised Jack never existed.
(b) The match promised Jack has been canceled.
(c) The match promised Jack is still on.
(d) The match promised Jack has been delayed.

4. When does Goldie say the fight is scheduled?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) Easter Sunday.
(d) Fourth of July.

5. What does Ellie sleepily imagine?
(a) Staying in bed all day and ignoring all of the reporters and journalists.
(b) Going on vacation on a deserted island with Jack.
(c) Visiting her mother in New York and introducing her to Jack.
(d) Staying out in the sun so long that her skin darkens, coloring her hair, becoming somebody new, moving in with Jack and nobody ever knowing she's actually white.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cap'n Dan and Fred discuss the terms of the fight, who is named the referee?

2. Knowing Jack is involved with a white girl is going to do what?

3. What does a witness named Bratby explain?

4. Why does Ellie agree to come talk to Cameron?

5. What does Jack say will happen now that a match has been arranged for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Jefferson's funeral procession.

2. Who waits with Mrs. Jefferson as she is waiting for news from Jack's trial?

3. How does Mrs. Bachman end her monologue?

4. How does Jack respond to Smitty?

5. What is the final decision on Dixon's plan?

6. What does Goldie think about Jack dating Ellie?

7. What does Jack say, when he is finally allowed to speak?

8. How is Brady convinced to fight this match?

9. How does the fight end?

10. Why are Jack, Ellie, and Goldie in a diplomatic office in London, England?

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