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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 hear Henry say next door?
(a) Goddamit.
(b) Not again.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) Shut up.

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

3. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) English.
(c) Mechanics.
(d) Iron mongering.

4. What is the name of Himes' autobiography?
(a) An Unheard Voice.
(b) The Quality of Hurt.
(c) Calling Out.
(d) Oppressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the shape of Alice's face?

2. What does Jones put in the glove compartment of his car?

3. What is the name of the hero of the Lonely Crusade?

4. What does the narrator say caught him in Manchester?

5. How does Jones take out his frustrations at the end of Chapter 8?

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