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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. Why does Jones run away from the security guards?
(a) He knows he has to see Alice again.
(b) He knows he will be killed.
(c) He knows he will lose Alice.
(d) He knows he won't get justice.

2. What does Elsie say colored people prefer back home?
(a) Working hard.
(b) Walking the countryside.
(c) Keeping their jobs.
(d) Their own company.

3. How does Jones describe Madge's voice?
(a) Silky and smoothe.
(b) Excited and thick.
(c) Tense and nervous.
(d) Syrupy and thin.

4. When do Jones and Alice want to get married?
(a) July.
(b) New Years.
(c) Christmas.
(d) September.

5. Who does Jones try to contact on his break in Chapter 18?
(a) Polly.
(b) Madge.
(c) Stella.
(d) Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elsie think God made colored people different from whites?

2. What kind of girls does Jones reminisce about?

3. What do the white and black boy fight with in Jones' dream?

4. What does Jones say is his universal desire?

5. Who taunts Jones in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jones decide to kill Stoddart in Chapter 21?

2. What does Jones dream about at the beginning of Chapter 18?

3. How does Jones say Madge makes him feel in this section?

4. How does Jones' anger build to wanting to kill Stoddart?

5. What does MacDougal Jones in Chapter 20?

6. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

7. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

8. What does Jones talk about with Herbie?

9. Why does Jones and his co-workers think the blacks should not join the army?

10. How does Madge react to Jones breaking into her apartment?

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