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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 problem do Leighton and the girls talk about?
(a) The international problem.
(b) The Negro probem.
(c) The white problem.
(d) The American problem.

2. What does the narrator hear Henry say next door?
(a) Go to hell.
(b) Not again.
(c) Shut up.
(d) Goddamit.

3. What does Jones tell Alice he is desperate for her to understand?
(a) His fear.
(b) His longing.
(c) His love.
(d) His past.

4. Who wrote Native Son?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Elijah Muhammed.
(c) Ralph Ellison.
(d) Chester Himes.

5. What part of New York did Himes' two fictional policeman come from?
(a) Manhatten.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones say he feels has crushed him at the end of Chapter 11?

2. What name is Himes derived from?

3. What does Jones describe Alice as in Chapter 11?

4. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?

5. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jones feel like when he leaves Alice's house?

2. What problems does Jones encounter with his boss MacDougal?

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

4. Why does Dr. Harrison say he is proud of black men in this section?

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

6. How does Mrs. Harrison think the black should deal with the white people?

7. What kind of area does Alice live in?

8. What problems does Jones have with Madge in this section?

9. How does Alice react to Jones' bad behavior in the restaurant?

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

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