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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 country did Himes move to with Lesley Packard?

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

3. What does the narrator say a feeling settles in his stomach like?

4. What does the narrator say he intimidates the fearful white woman with?

5. Who does Mrs. Harrison think Alice and Jones should interact with more regularly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Alice startle both the police and Jones when the police stop them for speeding?

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

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

6. How does Jones act at the party?

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

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

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

10. How does Jones describe his supervisor Kelly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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

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?

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