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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. Where do the two patrol officers take Jones and Alice?

2. Why does Jones say he kisses Alice lightly?

3. What was Himes' position at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?

4. What color is the white boy's hair?

5. What is the name of Himes' autobiography?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Himes start writing?

4. What does Jones observe in the Rest Room restaurant?

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

6. How does Jones say the white women treat him?

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

8. What kind of area does Alice live in?

9. How does Jones describe his supervisor Kelly?

10. How does Jones prepare to kill the white boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do Alice's views of the Negro problem differ from her parents' views? Why do they have such a difference in opinion?

Essay Topic 3

How was Himes brought up and how was his upbringing different to many other African American writers during that time? How did Himes' upbringing affect his writings?

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