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

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

3. How does the narrator react to the dolls that are being sold by Clifton?
(a) He spits on one of the dolls
(b) He calls the police
(c) He purchases a doll
(d) He laughs at the dolls

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

5. What does the narrator notice at the funeral that he would like to exploit?
(a) The tension of the crowd
(b) The carelessness of the policemen
(c) The large attendance on the part of the youth`
(d) The absence of the Brotherhood

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator wants to learn everything he can about the Brotherhood in order to

2. Although the narrator may not realize it, he is searching for

3. Who is Rinehart?

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

5. Why was Brother Tarp on a chain gang?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator says that he has learned that the lack of surprise is a warning. What does he mean?

2. To what does Brother Tarp attribute the warning letter?

3. Describe one of the roles played by Rinehart.

4. What is the narrator's intention in speaking up for the black couple who have been evicted?

5. Identify several mistakes that the narrator makes in his first assigned speech in Harlem.

6. What strikes the narrator as the profound truth about the riot?

7. How do we know at this point that the lobotomy has not been completely successful in changing the narrator's personality?

8. What was the narrator's real problem, and how has he settled it?

9. Why is the narrator's funeral oration more moving than if he had planned a speech based according to party guidelines?

10. Why does Jack become angry with the man who asks the narrator to sing a "spiritual"?

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