View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he intimidates the fearful white woman with?
(a) A blank stare.
(b) A sexual stare.
(c) A enigmatic smile.
(d) A killer's smile.

3. Where does the narrator say the rich white folks live?
(a) Beverly.
(b) Orange County.
(c) George Town.
(d) Birmingham.

4. What is slang for a white nigger?
(a) Nighty.
(b) Jigger.
(c) Nig-nog.
(d) Wigger.

5. Where does Jones drop off the white hitchhikers?
(a) The football stadium.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) The bingo hall.
(d) The casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?

2. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?

3. What does Alice say she wants to do instead of go home?

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

5. What race was Chester's grandfather's slaveholder?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 164 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample