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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising development does the narrator experience when he attends a committee meeting?
(a) He is refused admission
(b) He is accused of betrayal
(c) He is urged to speak
(d) He is ordered to sever his membership

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

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

4. What awakens the narrator in Chapter 15?
(a) People banging on the steam line because there is no heat.
(b) The sound of people talking.
(c) The smell of breakfast cooking.
(d) Someone pounding at the door.

5. With what animal does the narrator compare Brother Jack?
(a) a snake
(b) a wolf
(c) a bull dog
(d) a toy bull terrior

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

7. What is the symbolic association of the arena in Chapter 16?
(a) a famous boxer lost his sight
(b) a famous black speaker was killed there
(c) a crooked politician had been exposed
(d) people of both colors gather there

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

9. The narrator has learned that a person must approach the world with
(a) intelligence and ingenuity
(b) subtlety and reserve
(c) determination and courage
(d) Both love and hate

10. Brother Jack wants the narrator to avoid underestimating what?
(a) the influence of the organization
(b) the discipline of the organization
(c) the size of the organization
(d) the power of the organization

11. What kind of day is it on the day of Clifton's funeral?
(a) warm and exhilarating
(b) Hot and humid
(c) Cold and windy
(d) Cold and rainy

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

13. Why does the narrator try to hide the figurine from Mary?
(a) Because he is trying to steal it
(b) Because he wants to take it to the Brotherhood
(c) Because he has broken it
(d) Because he thinks it is unworthy of her

14. What decision does the narrator accept for the time period that will be needed to clear the charges against him?
(a) He decides to go out on his own.
(b) He agrees to become inactive
(c) He insist on the continuation of his activities
(d) He agrees to speak on the Woman Question

15. What is ironic about the narrator's dance with Emma?
(a) She is the first white woman he ever danced with.
(b) He is the only black man she dances with at the party.
(c) The veteran doctor had predicted that the narrator would dance with a white woman.
(d) He had at first refused the offer to dance with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?

2. How does the narrator plan to overcome the white men of the Brotherhood?

3. What does Brother Tarp give the narrator in Chapter 18?

4. What is in the narrator's briefcase?

5. What does the figurine symbolize?

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