View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the theater the narrator went to the previous night?

2. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?

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

4. Which of the girls in Alice's sitting room does Jones say has brown colored skin?

5. What problem do Leighton and the girls talk about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What problems does Jones have with the white boy?

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

6. What kind of area does Alice live in?

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

8. What does Jones dream about the police in Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What are the arguments for and against segregation? What are the arguments for and against integration? Why did people decide integration was the way forward?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 765 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample