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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Himes' autobiography?

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

3. What do the police officers call Jones and Alice?

4. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?

5. Where was Chester Himes in 1953?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Himes move to Paris?

7. How does Jones describe his supervisor Kelly?

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

9. Why does Jones drive to see Alice at the end of Chapter 9?

10. What problems does Jones have with Leighton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

How is Himes' work different from Wright's and Baldwin's? In what way is Himes' work equally relevant to his more famous counterparts'?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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