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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he doesn't have to marry?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Race.
(d) Love.

2. What people does the narrator say were sent away?
(a) Africans.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Irish.
(d) Japanese.

3. What country did Himes move to with Lesley Packard?
(a) Britain.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?
(a) A slut.
(b) A white whore.
(c) A nigger lover.
(d) A cracker bitch.

5. What is a tacker?
(a) A black worker.
(b) A monkey wrench.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A pipe fitter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Alice's friend?

3. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?

4. In which state was Himes born?

5. What is Alice's father's title?

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