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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company did Himes work at as a reader?
(a) MCMA.
(b) Walt Disney.
(c) Universal.
(d) Warner Brothers.

2. What do the police officers call Jones and Alice?
(a) Niggers.
(b) Uncle Toms.
(c) Coons.
(d) Scum.

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

4. What does the narrator hear Henry say next door?
(a) Goddamit.
(b) Not again.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) Shut up.

5. How does the narrator describe the shape of Alice's face?
(a) Heart-shaped.
(b) Pear-shaped.
(c) Kidney-shaped.
(d) Moon-shaped.

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

7. What does Jones describe as a frightening conversation?
(a) Segregation.
(b) If he will be drafted.
(c) Integration with the whites.
(d) Whether he will go to university.

8. What thought does Jones say keeps him happy through dinner?
(a) Sleeping with Alice.
(b) Killing the white boy.
(c) Going back to a warm house.
(d) Picking up his paycheck.

9. What restaurant does Jones go to after his argument with Alice?
(a) The Live Room.
(b) The Red Room.
(c) The Beat Room.
(d) The Rest Room.

10. Where does Jones say all his friends are?
(a) Chicago.
(b) The army.
(c) The police force.
(d) Mississippi.

11. How was Chester's brother blinded?
(a) In a science experiment.
(b) In a fight.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a factory accident.

12. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?
(a) A nigger lover.
(b) A slut.
(c) A cracker bitch.
(d) A white whore.

13. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

14. What does Alice introduce Leighton as?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her co-worker.
(d) Her fellow student.

15. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His forehead.
(c) His ears.
(d) His chin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones say he does with a sudden violent gesture in Chapter 10?

2. What was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?

3. Who does Mrs. Harrison think Alice and Jones should interact with more regularly?

4. What does Alice say she wants to do instead of go home?

5. Who does Mr. Harrison say the Negro air fighters are intimidating in war?

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