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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jones pick up as a weapon before he confronts the white boy?
(a) A brick.
(b) Lead piping.
(c) A wooden staff.
(d) A knife.

2. What kind of joke does Jones overhear Kelly tell?
(a) A war joke.
(b) A dirty joke.
(c) A sexist joke.
(d) A racist joke.

3. What does Madge tell Jones to do to her?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Hold her.
(d) Rape her.

4. Who does Houghton hope Jones will be a good example to?
(a) His fellow workers.
(b) His country.
(c) His fellow blacks.
(d) His fellow humans.

5. Who does Jones find Madge with in Chapter 18?
(a) Don.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Herbie.
(d) Elsie.

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

7. What does Jones think is the best way of dealing with Madge?
(a) Killing her.
(b) Raping her.
(c) Reporting her.
(d) Talking to her husband.

8. Where do the two police officers send Jones when they discover he is wanted for rape?
(a) San Franciso precinct.
(b) Orange County precinct.
(c) Las Vegas precinct.
(d) San Pedro precinct.

9. What does Herbie say is the only thing he wants?
(a) Calm.
(b) Peace.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

10. Who does Herbie say Jones must make his complaint through?
(a) The union.
(b) The government.
(c) The proper channels.
(d) The mayor.

11. When do Jones and Alice want to get married?
(a) New Years.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) Christmas.

12. What word does Jones use to describe the white woman's smiles?
(a) Evil.
(b) Radiant.
(c) Sympathetic.
(d) Biting.

13. What do the Mexicans say Jones already looks like?
(a) As if he has spent a year in jail.
(b) As if he has already been in a war.
(c) As if he has been henpecked.
(d) As if he has been working in the coal mines.

14. Who does Jones confront in Chapter 13?
(a) Don.
(b) Herbie.
(c) Bert.
(d) Madge.

15. Who do Jones and his friends say they should be fighting?
(a) The government.
(b) The white man.
(c) The union.
(d) Themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops the conversation between Jones and Madge?

2. Who does Jones plan to kill in this section?

3. What do the white and black boy fight with in Jones' dream?

4. Why does Jones run away from the security guards?

5. What is Jones choosing at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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