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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator accused of when he tries to dispose of the figurine?
(a) littering
(b) stupidity
(c) drug dealing
(d) theft

2. How is the narrator's preparations for the evening with Sybil ironic?
(a) Sybil had already made her own preparations
(b) He tries to copy Rinehart whom he has never actually seen.
(c) The evening would be a disaster anyway
(d) Sybil would be useless to him.

3. What does the figurine symbolize?
(a) money
(b) slavery
(c) racism
(d) freedom

4. When has the narrator made most of his mistakes?
(a) When he has failed to follow orders
(b) When he tried to follow other people's plans
(c) When he has stepped away from the ruling group
(d) When he has questioned other people's motives

5. How does the narrator plan to overcome the white men of the Brotherhood?
(a) by appearing to agree with them
(b) by helping his own group take over the leadership positions
(c) by parting company with them
(d) by standing up to them

6. Why is Brother Westrum opposed to the piece of chain on the narrator's desk?
(a) Because it symbolically denies the possibility of equality
(b) Because it shows difference instead of unity
(c) Because it is a reminder of slavery
(d) Because it shows a tendency to cling to the past

7. How does the narrator portray himself at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) As confused and frustrated
(b) As determined and bold
(c) As proud and defiant
(d) As humbled and obedient

8. The narrator's anger is primarily focuses against
(a) The Founder
(b) Himself
(c) Mr. Norton
(d) Dr. Bledsoe

9. Why does the narrator remain in his hole for a long while?
(a) Because he was knocked unconscious
(b) Because he is afraid the Brotherhood is still hunting for him
(c) Because he is not able to reach the manhole cover.
(d) Because he cannot determine his own intentions

10. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?
(a) The narrator's street corner approach
(b) Clifton's methods of leading the youth
(c) The idea of a black man speaking out for white people
(d) The mixing of black and white

11. What does the narrator purchase after the confrontation with Ras?
(a) a long jacket
(b) a weapon
(c) a pair of dark green sunglasses
(d) a low brimmed hat

12. Of what do the men in the bar in Chapter 20 accuse the narrator?
(a) Of getting White Fever
(b) of betraying the Brotherhood
(c) of forgetting his
(d) of neglecting his duties

13. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That he got it by playing the lottery
(b) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.
(c) That he was selling drugs
(d) That he earned it through employment

14. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The people have burned down the district office
(b) The police have taken over.
(c) The Brotherhood has taken over.
(d) The community is in a riot

15. When is a person most invisible?
(a) When his social group decides to ignore him.
(b) When he simply accepts the rule of the group
(c) When he refuses to mingle with the group
(d) When he exists outside of history

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brother Tod Clifton do?

2. How does the narrator get out of playing along in Sybil's rape fantasy?

3. What decision does the narrator accept for the time period that will be needed to clear the charges against him?

4. How does the narrator's meeting with Sybil backfire?

5. What do the yams symbolize?

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