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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice say she wants to do instead of go home?
(a) Hurt some white people.
(b) Make out.
(c) Have some fun.
(d) Drive to another city.

2. Where do the two patrol officers take Jones and Alice?
(a) The lakes.
(b) A forest.
(c) The police station.
(d) Home.

3. What race was Chester's grandfather's slaveholder?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Ayran.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Asian.

4. Why does Jones say he kisses Alice lightly?
(a) To show he loves her.
(b) So not to muss her make up.
(c) To keep her guessing.
(d) To make her smile.

5. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?
(a) He knew his own mind.
(b) He had lived outside the south.
(c) He had learned practical skills.
(d) He knew how to talk to a white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Himes say he wanted to become?

2. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?

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

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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