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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 does Jones talk to his friends about in Chapter 13?
(a) The army.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Fighting.
(d) White women.

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

3. What does Mrs. Harrison think it is important to keep moving forward?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) Education for all.
(c) Integration with the whites.
(d) Segregation.

4. What does Jones say he enjoys in Chapter 18?
(a) His job.
(b) Sex.
(c) Bantering.
(d) Flirting.

5. What do Jones' co-workers joke about in Chapter 15?
(a) White men dancing.
(b) Picking cotton.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Wanting white women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?

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

3. What is the name of Alice's friend?

4. Who does the narrator say he gets into a battle royal with?

5. What does Jones decide is the only way he calm himself after hearing Kelly's joke?

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