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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Himes' mother encourage her sons to do so they wouldn't grow flat?
(a) Hold their burps.
(b) Pinch their noses.
(c) Pull their ears.
(d) Jump up and down.

2. What does Jones make reservations for at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A book club.
(b) A movie.
(c) The theater.
(d) Dinner.

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

4. Who calls Jones at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Harrison.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stella.
(d) Mr. Harrison.

5. What is the name of Alice's friend?
(a) Edda.
(b) Louise.
(c) Molly.
(d) Stella.

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

7. What was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?
(a) Waiter.
(b) Receptionist.
(c) Porter.
(d) Busboy.

8. What is a tacker?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A monkey wrench.
(c) A black worker.
(d) A pipe fitter.

9. Which of his co-workers does Jones talk to Alice about?
(a) Janice.
(b) Kelly.
(c) McBane.
(d) Madge.

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

11. What was the name of the shipyard the narrator worked at?
(a) Biblio.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Goering.
(d) Tech.

12. What was the name of the theater the narrator went to the previous night?
(a) Hamsun.
(b) Washington.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Lincoln.

13. What does Himes say he wanted to become?
(a) An academic.
(b) A real man.
(c) A southern man.
(d) A traveler.

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

15. What does Jones dream about at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Harrison shooting him.
(b) Being drafted into the army.
(c) Alice leaving him.
(d) The police arresting him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the note say that comes with the restaurant bill?

3. What does the narrator say he doesn't have to marry?

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

5. What color is the white boy's hair?

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