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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 does Jones say Madge looks like to him?
(a) Mud.
(b) Sand.
(c) Milk,
(d) Cream.

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

3. What does Jones say Alice has done to her face in Chapter 16?
(a) Bruised it.
(b) Ruined it.
(c) Scratched it.
(d) Powdered it.

4. What does Edda warn Jones on the phone?
(a) The police are looking for him.
(b) Alice is looking forhim.
(c) She has changed the locks.
(d) A lynch mob is looking for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Madge threaten to call as Jones leaves?

2. How does Jones describe Madge's voice?

3. What does Don give Jones?

4. What drink does Jones pick up for his meeting with Madge?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Houghton tell the court?

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

3. Why does Jones run away?

4. How does Jones finds himself at the San Pedro precinct in Chapter 21?

5. What does Jones dream about in Chapter 22?

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

7. What is Jones' mood when he wakes up?

8. How does Jones get drafted into the army?

9. What are Elsie's opinion of black Southerners?

10. How does Jones takes the power away from Madge in Chapter 15?

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