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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. Who does Jones phone from Hazel's house?

2. What kind of joke does Jones overhear Kelly tell?

3. What does Madge tell Jones to do to her?

4. Where does Jones wake up at the beginning of Chapter 21?

5. What does Jones say Alice has done to her face in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jones think about when he wakes up from his dream in Chapter 18?

2. What does Jones tell Alice about his fears in Chapter 19?

3. What does Jones dream about at the beginning of Chapter 18?

4. Describe Jones' dream at the beginning of chapter twelve?

5. How does Don help Jones in this section?

6. Why does Jones and his co-workers think the blacks should not join the army?

7. How does Jones finds himself at the San Pedro precinct in Chapter 21?

8. Describe the confrontation between Jones and Stoddart in this section.

9. Why does Jones run away?

10. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jones' problem with Leighton? What kind of person would a white man have to be for Jones to like him?

Essay Topic 2

What is Leighton's opinions on the Negro problem? What does Jones think about his opinions? What would people think about Leighton's opinions today?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could it said that Jones makes own problems? What is Himes' views on Jones as a person and how does he express these views?

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