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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the shape of Alice's face?
(a) Moon-shaped.
(b) Heart-shaped.
(c) Pear-shaped.
(d) Kidney-shaped.

4. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?
(a) He knew how to talk to a white man.
(b) He knew his own mind.
(c) He had learned practical skills.
(d) He had lived outside the south.

5. Which of Wright's novels did Baldwin feel threatened by?
(a) Roots.
(b) Go Tell to the Mountain.
(c) Invisible Man.
(d) Native Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people does the narrator say were sent away?

2. Where does the narrator say the rich white folks live?

3. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?

4. How does the narrator describe the color of Alice's hair?

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

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