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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 was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?
(a) Porter.
(b) Waiter.
(c) Receptionist.
(d) Busboy.

2. What color is the white boy's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

3. 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.

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

5. What does the narrator say a feeling settles in his stomach like?
(a) A coiled snake.
(b) A Jack-in-the-box.
(c) Butterfly wings.
(d) Maggots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?

2. What was the name of the shipyard the narrator worked at?

3. What does Himes do to protect him from the screws and the convicts?

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

5. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?

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