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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 subject did Cheser's mother teach in Georgia?
(a) Science.
(b) Maths.
(c) Music.
(d) History.

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

3. Where was Chester Himes in 1953?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

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

5. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?
(a) Holler.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Chester's brother blinded?

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

3. In which state was Himes born?

4. How did Himes injure himself at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?

5. What does the narrator say he intimidates the fearful white woman with?

(see the answer key)

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