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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 put in the glove compartment of his car?
(a) A bible.
(b) A gun.
(c) A map.
(d) A knife.

2. What does Mrs. Harrison think it is important to keep moving forward?
(a) Integration with the whites.
(b) The civil rights movement.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Education for all.

3. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

4. What is the name of Alice's friend?
(a) Molly.
(b) Edda.
(c) Louise.
(d) Stella.

5. What was the name of the shipyard the narrator worked at?
(a) Goering.
(b) Biblio.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Tech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?

2. Who do Jones and his friends say they should be fighting?

3. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?

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

5. What word best describes what Jones thinks about Mr. Harrison?

(see the answer key)

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