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

2. What is the name of the hero of the Lonely Crusade?
(a) Jack.
(b) Malc.
(c) Luther.
(d) Huey.

3. How did Himes injure himself at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?
(a) He fell down an elevator shaft.
(b) He got beaten up.
(c) He stepped in front of a taxi.
(d) He walked through a glass door.

4. What does Conway say a buddy eats?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Crap.
(c) Mud.
(d) Rabbits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Madge say she refuses to work with?

3. Who does the narrator say he gets into a battle royal with?

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

5. Where was Chester Himes in 1953?

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