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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jones describe as a frightening conversation?
(a) If he will be drafted.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Integration with the whites.
(d) Whether he will go to university.

2. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?
(a) He knew how to talk to a white man.
(b) He had lived outside the south.
(c) He had learned practical skills.
(d) He knew his own mind.

3. Where was Chester Himes in 1953?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

4. What does Jones think is the best way of dealing with Madge?
(a) Killing her.
(b) Raping her.
(c) Reporting her.
(d) Talking to her husband.

5. Who does Madge say she refuses to work with?
(a) A spick.
(b) A paddy.
(c) A kiki.
(d) A nigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones say he does with a sudden violent gesture in Chapter 10?

2. Where does Jones say all his friends are?

3. Where does Jones drop off the white hitchhikers?

4. Why does Alice hang up on Jones?

5. What did Himes' mother encourage her sons to do so they wouldn't grow flat?

(see the answer key)

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