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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the narrator's grandfather learned to accept?
(a) Humanity
(b) The destiny of his race
(c) The situation placed upon him by whites
(d) The futility of fighting the ruling majority

2. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?
(a) sign a commitment
(b) dance
(c) sing a spiritual
(d) give a speech

3. What does Westrum use as evidence that the narrator is only trying to promote himself?
(a) The article in a magazine that resulted from a personal interview with the narrator
(b) The chain on the narrator's desk
(c) The narrator's refusal to conduct business the way Westrum wanted it.
(d) The repeated meetings with Hambro

4. What horrifying sight does the narrator see as he flees the riot?
(a) The destruction of his membership
(b) Seven naked manniquins hanging over the street
(c) The slaughter of blacks by the police
(d) The body of Sybil

5. What does Brother Tod Clifton do?
(a) He is a minister
(b) He is a black nationalist
(c) He is a fanatic ideologies who teaches newcomers.
(d) lead the youth of the Brotherhood

6. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?
(a) The narrator has asked for it.
(b) She thinks it will please the narrator.
(c) It's a reminder of the south
(d) It's all she can afford

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

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

9. The narrator believes the Brotherhood will destroy itself. Why?
(a) Because it is hurting the people it pretends to help
(b) Because it is blind to its own lack of real purpose
(c) Because the members are fighting among themselves
(d) Because it has no real direction

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

11. What does Brother Tarp give the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) a warning
(b) a piece of the chain he once wore
(c) a key to handcuffs
(d) a secret message

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

13. What is in the narrator's briefcase?
(a) his cash
(b) a white hat
(c) his green spectacles
(d) Mary's bank

14. Where does Brother Jack send the narrator at the end of the meeting?
(a) Back to Brother Hambro for more indoctrination sessions
(b) Back to his apartment at the men's center
(c) to meet with Westrum
(d) Back to addressing the woman questions

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Brotherhood regard Clifton?

2. Of what do the men in the bar in Chapter 20 accuse the narrator?

3. What truth does the narrator discover about Brother Jack?

4. What apparent warning meets the narrator upon his return to Harlem

5. The narrator wants Clifton's funeral to focus on which of the following?

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