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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jones put in the glove compartment of his car?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A map.
(d) A bible.

3. What does the note say that comes with the restaurant bill?
(a) The restaurant has a job opening.
(b) The restaurant has called the police.
(c) Jones will be lynched.
(d) Jones is not welcome back.

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

5. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?
(a) An axe.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A shiv.
(d) A screw driver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What company did Himes work at as a reader?

3. What restaurant does Jones go to after his argument with Alice?

4. What is the name of the hero of the Lonely Crusade?

5. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Jones have with Leighton?

2. Why did Himes' mother Estelle have a problem with Himes' father?

3. How does Alice react to what Jones tells her about his confrontation with Madge?

4. What does Himes say is the new variety of Uncle Toming?

5. What does Jones observe in the Rest Room restaurant?

6. What problem do Baldwin and Wright have with each other?

7. How does Jones prepare to kill the white boy?

8. Why does Jones decide not to kill the white boy?

9. What racial problems does Jones say he encounters on the way to work?

10. How does Jones act at the party?

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