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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18, 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem do Leighton and the girls talk about?
(a) The international problem.
(b) The white problem.
(c) The Negro probem.
(d) The American problem.

2. What does Jones ask MacDougal in Chapter 20?
(a) If he can get a transfer.
(b) If he can keep his job.
(c) If he can get a promotion.
(d) If he can get married.

3. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His ears.
(c) His forehead.
(d) His chin.

4. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?
(a) Malcolm Marshall.
(b) Jimmy Crow.
(c) James Dean.
(d) Bigger Thomas.

5. Why does Elsie think God made colored people different from whites?
(a) So they could identified as inferior.
(b) So they could work the land.
(c) So they could serve the whites.
(d) So they didn't get sunburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Jones pick up for his meeting with Madge?

2. What is the name of the woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?

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

4. Who does Jones try to contact on his break in Chapter 18?

5. What is the white boy's name?

(see the answer key)

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