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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. What thought does Jones say keeps him happy through dinner?
(a) Picking up his paycheck.
(b) Sleeping with Alice.
(c) Killing the white boy.
(d) Going back to a warm house.

2. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?
(a) A cracker bitch.
(b) A white whore.
(c) A nigger lover.
(d) A slut.

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

4. Why does Jones say he kisses Alice lightly?
(a) To keep her guessing.
(b) So not to muss her make up.
(c) To show he loves her.
(d) To make her smile.

5. What race was Chester's grandfather's slaveholder?
(a) Asian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Ayran.
(d) Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say he gets into a battle royal with?

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

3. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?

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

5. Who wrote Native Son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Himes' goal in life?

2. What do Alice and Jones talk about at the end of Chapter 11?

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

4. What problems does Jones have with the white boy?

5. Why did Himes move to Paris?

6. What does Jones dream about the police in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. What is the mood between Alice and Jones as they eat dinner at the restaurant?

10. What does Jones say he thinks of his girlfriend Alice?

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