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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) Bigger Thomas.
(c) Malcolm Marshall.
(d) James Dean.

2. What is the name of the woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?
(a) Petra.
(b) Anna.
(c) Madge.
(d) Jane.

3. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?
(a) A shiv.
(b) A screw driver.
(c) An axe.
(d) A dagger.

4. What does Himes do to protect him from the screws and the convicts?
(a) Paint.
(b) Act.
(c) Trade.
(d) Write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Himes say he wanted to become?

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

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

4. What does the narrator say a feeling settles in his stomach like?

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

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