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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jones meet Alice in Chapter 19?
(a) Her house.
(b) A drive-in-movie theater.
(c) A drive-in restaurant.
(d) A cafe.

2. What kills Alice in Chapter 12 in Jones' dream?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Bats.
(c) Students.
(d) Animals.

3. Who taunts Jones in Chapter 21?
(a) The security guards.
(b) Herbie.
(c) The construction workers.
(d) Madge.

4. Who does Madge threaten to call as Jones leaves?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The Klu-Klux-Klan.
(d) The police.

5. What company is Mr. Houghton the head of?
(a) Formby Construction Works.
(b) GIenn Ross Ships.
(c) Atlas Shipbuilding.
(d) Herbie Oil.

6. What do the white and black boy fight with in Jones' dream?
(a) Axes.
(b) Spears.
(c) Knives.
(d) Guns.

7. Why does Jones say he doesn't confront Madge?
(a) She is with a white co-worker.
(b) She is too big.
(c) She look apologetic.
(d) She looks sick.

8. Who does Jones phone from Hazel's house?
(a) Alice.
(b) Edda.
(c) Herbie.
(d) Don.

9. Where does Jones wake up at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Alice's house.
(b) His apartment.
(c) The shipyard prison.
(d) The shipyard infirmary.

10. What does Jones go to get when he leaves Leighton and Alice?
(a) Food.
(b) A drink.
(c) A weapon.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

12. What does Jones say is his universal desire?
(a) To fall in love.
(b) To have a place.
(c) To be a man.
(d) To be part of society.

13. Who does Jones say the union has never supported?
(a) The white workers.
(b) The immigrants.
(c) The black workers.
(d) The lowly workers.

14. Why does Elsie think God made colored people different from whites?
(a) So they could work the land.
(b) So they could identified as inferior.
(c) So they didn't get sunburn.
(d) So they could serve the whites.

15. What does Madge tell Don a nigger gave her?
(a) A scare.
(b) A punch.
(c) A bit of lip.
(d) Bad gear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones say Alice has done to her face in Chapter 16?

2. What does Jones ask MacDougal in Chapter 20?

3. What does Madge tell Jones to do to her?

4. What does the judge say Jones must do to avoid the gun possession charge?

5. What does Jones ask Alice in Chapter 19?

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