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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 kind of pass does Jones get at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A food pass.
(b) A sick pass.
(c) A travel pass.
(d) A worker's pass.

2. What company did Himes work at as a reader?
(a) Universal.
(b) Warner Brothers.
(c) Walt Disney.
(d) MCMA.

3. What does the narrator say caught him in Manchester?
(a) A red light.
(b) A cop.
(c) A truck.
(d) A traffic queue.

4. Who does Jones drive out to see at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Alice.
(b) Etta.
(c) The white boy.
(d) Kelly.

5. What does Conway say a buddy eats?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Mud.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Crap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jones say the white girl is attracted to?

2. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?

3. What does Alice tell Jones he should plead for?

4. What is the name of the woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?

5. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Himes start writing?

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

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

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

5. Why does Als think Himes' work is important?

6. Why did Himes move to Paris?

7. What problems does Jones have with Leighton?

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

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

10. How does Jones describe his supervisor Kelly?

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