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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18, 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Madge and Jones interrupted by?
(a) A police raid.
(b) A bell.
(c) An inspection.
(d) A fire alarm.

2. Which of Wright's novels did Baldwin feel threatened by?
(a) Invisible Man.
(b) Native Son.
(c) Go Tell to the Mountain.
(d) Roots.

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

4. What does Jones say Madge goes into when he confronts her?
(a) Her trap.
(b) Her act.
(c) Her frightened rabbit behavior.
(d) Her whore behavior.

5. How does the narrator describe the color of Alice's hair?
(a) Coal black.
(b) Silver feathered.
(c) Mousy brown.
(d) Peroxide blond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones say he is desperate to do to Madge in Chapter 18?

2. Where is Madge staying?

3. How does Jones describe Madge's voice?

4. What does Jones discover one of his purchases has turned into?

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

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