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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 does Jones want to drive to?

2. What kills Alice in Chapter 12 in Jones' dream?

3. Where does Alice want Jones to go with her to?

4. What kind of act does Jones say Madge goes into when he meets her at the end of Chapter 15?

5. What does Jones think is the best way of dealing with Madge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the phone conversation between Alice and Jones in Chapter 16.

2. How does Don help Jones in this section?

3. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

4. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

5. How does Jones say Madge makes him feel in this section?

6. How does Jones' anger build to wanting to kill Stoddart?

7. How does Jones think marriage to Alice will change him?

8. How does Jones get accused of rape in Chapter 20?

9. What is Jones' mood when he wakes up?

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

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 has racism oppressed Jones? What would Jones' life be like if his life had not been oppressed by racism?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Jones not entirely innocent of the accusations directed at him at the end of the novel? How will Jones cope in the army?

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