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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Alice say she will not be seeing Jones in the future?
(a) He acted badly.
(b) He is too aggressive.
(c) He has no money.
(d) He is unkind to her.

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

4. What does the narrator say caught him in Manchester?
(a) A red light.
(b) A traffic queue.
(c) A cop.
(d) A truck.

5. How did Himes injure himself at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?
(a) He fell down an elevator shaft.
(b) He got beaten up.
(c) He walked through a glass door.
(d) He stepped in front of a taxi.

6. What does Jones discover one of his purchases has turned into?
(a) An ax.
(b) A pen.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

7. What word best describes what Jones thinks about Mr. Harrison?
(a) Creepy.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Idiotic.

8. Where do Jones and Alice go shopping at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A book store.
(c) A drugstore.
(d) A music store.

9. Who does Jones say the white girl is attracted to?
(a) Two black boys.
(b) The barman.
(c) Two sailors.
(d) The pianist.

10. What kind of pass does Jones get at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A worker's pass.
(b) A travel pass.
(c) A food pass.
(d) A sick pass.

11. What is the name of Himes' autobiography?
(a) An Unheard Voice.
(b) Calling Out.
(c) Oppressed.
(d) The Quality of Hurt.

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

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

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

15. Why does Alice hang up on Jones?
(a) He talks dirty to her.
(b) He refuses to see her.
(c) He talks about other woman.
(d) He becomes angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Alice's father's title?

3. How was Chester's brother blinded?

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

5. Which of the girls in Alice's sitting room does Jones say has brown colored skin?

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