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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jones' co-workers joke about in Chapter 15?
(a) Wanting white women.
(b) White men dancing.
(c) Picking cotton.
(d) Slavery.

2. What does Johnny threaten to do if Johnny ever comes around his house again?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Lynch him.

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

4. Who does Jones plan to kill in this section?
(a) Herbie.
(b) MacDougall.
(c) Madge.
(d) Stoddart.

5. 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.

6. What do the police officers discover in Jones' car?
(a) Stolen money.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A gun.
(d) A dead body.

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

8. What is the name of Madge's supervisor?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Don.
(c) Frank.
(d) Richard.

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

10. What does Jones decide is the only way he calm himself after hearing Kelly's joke?
(a) By hurting himself.
(b) By confronting Madge.
(c) By going to the bar.
(d) By killing the white boy.

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

12. What kind of act does Jones say Madge goes into when he meets her at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Her fear act.
(b) A charming act.
(c) Her flirty act.
(d) Her calm act.

13. What does MacDougal say Jones has to do before he can have his job back?
(a) Apologize to Madge.
(b) Do community service.
(c) Prove he can behave himself.
(d) Work for no money for a while.

14. What are Madge and Jones interrupted by?
(a) A bell.
(b) A fire alarm.
(c) An inspection.
(d) A police raid.

15. What is Jones choosing at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A new car.
(b) Music.
(c) Drugstore supplies.
(d) His clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don tell Jones he should do to Madge?

2. Who does Jones bump into at the end of Chapter 18?

3. Who does Jones phone from Hazel's house?

4. Who taunts Jones in Chapter 21?

5. How does Madge act towards Jones at the beginning of Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

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