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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 was Chester Himes in 1953?

2. What does Himes do to protect him from the screws and the convicts?

3. What is the supervisor's nationality?

4. Who wrote Native Son?

5. What did Himes' mother encourage her sons to do so they wouldn't grow flat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Himes move to Paris?

2. How does Jones describe his supervisor Kelly?

3. Why does Jones decide not to kill the white boy?

4. How does Alice react to what Jones tells her about his confrontation with Madge?

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

6. How does Mrs. Harrison think the black should deal with the white people?

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

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

9. What does Jones say he thinks of his girlfriend Alice?

10. Why did Himes' mother Estelle have a problem with Himes' father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the war affect how people thought of black people in America? How much did it contribute to the racial revolution over the next 30 years?

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

What are the meanings of Jones' dreams? What meaning do the dreams bring to the story?

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