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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What name is Himes derived from?
(a) Hunny.
(b) Hopper.
(c) Heinz.
(d) Himmel.

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

6. What does Jones say he has in the palm of his hand?
(a) His gun.
(b) His future.
(c) His present.
(d) The white boy's life.

7. In which state was Himes born?
(a) New York.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Missouri.

8. Who does Madge say she refuses to work with?
(a) A paddy.
(b) A kiki.
(c) A nigger.
(d) A spick.

9. What is slang for a white nigger?
(a) Nig-nog.
(b) Wigger.
(c) Nighty.
(d) Jigger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book do Leighton and the girls talk about?

2. What does Jones describe as a frightening conversation?

3. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?

4. What does the narrator say a feeling settles in his stomach like?

5. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?

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