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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Harrison think Alice and Jones should interact with more regularly?
(a) White people.
(b) Working class people.
(c) Educated people.
(d) Black people.

2. Who does the narrator say he gets into a battle royal with?
(a) A white woman.
(b) An Irish foreman.
(c) A motorcycle cop.
(d) A pitbull terrier.

3. What does the note say that comes with the restaurant bill?
(a) The restaurant has called the police.
(b) Jones is not welcome back.
(c) Jones will be lynched.
(d) The restaurant has a job opening.

4. Who does Jones drive out to see at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Etta.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Alice.
(d) The white boy.

5. Who wrote Native Son?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) Elijah Muhammed.
(d) Chester Himes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Chester's grandfather's slaveholder?

2. What name is Himes derived from?

3. What did Himes steal from the wealthy elderly couple?

4. Where do the two patrol officers take Jones and Alice?

5. Why does Alice hang up on Jones?

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