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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With what animal does the narrator compare Brother Jack?
(a) a toy bull terrior
(b) a snake
(c) a wolf
(d) a bull dog
2. What does Dupre want to do prior to starting the fire?
(a) give people a chance to get their belongings
(b) have the fire department standing by
(c) Make sure the building is evacuated
(d) contact the newspapers
3. The narrator wants Clifton's funeral to focus on which of the following?
(a) The acts that led to his death
(b) what his loss will mean to the Brotherhood
(c) The meaning of his life
(d) His accomplishments as part of the Brotherhood
4. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The community is in a riot
(b) The Brotherhood has taken over.
(c) The people have burned down the district office
(d) The police have taken over.
5. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?
(a) Other women seem to want to
(b) He dimly remembers the appearance of another man
(c) The Brotherhood is mysteriously silent regarding his activities
(d) The woman does not want him to return
Short Answer Questions
1. What object does Mary own that the narrator finds offensive?
2. How does the Brotherhood regard the dolls Clifton had been selling?
3. What does the narrator discover about Jack?
4. After whom does the narrator say he wants to pattern himself?
5. What do the elderly couple want to do that the marshals deny them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jack become angry with the man who asks the narrator to sing a "spiritual"?
2. How do we know at this point that the lobotomy has not been completely successful in changing the narrator's personality?
3. Why is the narrator's work on the "woman question" cut short?
4. Explain the initial results of the narrator's strategy of "yessing" them to death.
5. What does Brother Jack really want the narrator to avoid doing?
6. What epiphany has the narrator experienced regarding his race?
7. What is meant by "white fever"?
8. Explain why the "woman question" is typical of the Brotherhood's approach to issues.
9. The narrator says that he has learned that the lack of surprise is a warning. What does he mean?
10. Why do Dupre and his men choose a particular building to burn?
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