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

2. What people does the narrator say were sent away?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Irish.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Africans.

3. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) English.
(c) Iron mongering.
(d) Mechanics.

4. What part of New York did Himes' two fictional policeman come from?
(a) Manhatten.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) The Bronx.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Himes move to with Lesley Packard?

2. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?

3. What was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?

4. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?

5. What color is the white boy's hair?

(see the answer key)

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