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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?
(a) her husband is dead
(b) Her husband is away
(c) the woman is divorced
(d) the woman is single

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

3. Through his experiences, what has the narrator learned to value?
(a) Independence
(b) power
(c) Diversity
(d) Unity

4. What is it that people like Jack, Bledsoe and Norton have refused to do?
(a) Recognize equality among all individuals
(b) Recognize the uncontrollable power of a group
(c) Recognize the importance of each individual
(d) Recognize the American identity of all of her people

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

6. Who is Rinehart?
(a) a gambler
(b) A mysterious man with many roles
(c) a preacher
(d) a runner

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

8. Why does the narrator decide against using Emma in his plans?
(a) She was too close to Jack
(b) She would probably not be willing to go against the party
(c) She is too knowledgable in the art of intrigue and would figure out what he was doing
(d) She has her own agenda

9. Why do certain members of the Brotherhood consider that narrator's speech unsatisfactory?
(a) The narrator used science and rationalization instead of real feeling
(b) It was too cold and general
(c) The logical arguments were faulty
(d) It was too emotional

10. Although the narrator may not realize it, he is searching for
(a) power
(b) justice
(c) identity
(d) wealth

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

12. The narrator wants Clifton's funeral to focus on which of the following?
(a) The meaning of his life
(b) His accomplishments as part of the Brotherhood
(c) The acts that led to his death
(d) what his loss will mean to the Brotherhood

13. What does the narrator spontaneously decide to buy?
(a) a new suit
(b) a black dancing doll
(c) a pair of new shoes
(d) a newspaper in hopes that it will explain recent events

14. What apparent warning meets the narrator upon his return to Harlem
(a) The red light on the church spire
(b) falling bird droppings
(c) sounds of distant shouting
(d) breaking glass

15. How does the audience react to the narrator's speech?
(a) He is booed
(b) He is cheered
(c) They sit in stunned silence
(d) They get up and leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator unable to say much about Clifton?

2. What is in the narrator's briefcase?

3. What fault does Emma find with the narrator?

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

5. When is a person most invisible?

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