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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who comes to Claire's table?
(a) Clare Kendry.
(b) Colleen Kendry.
(c) Clare Kendeall.
(d) Carol Kendrick.

2. What does Irene ask Brian to do after breakfast?
(a) Clean up the breakfast dishes.
(b) Write a letter to Clare.
(c) Drive her to the printers.
(d) Drive her to work.

3. To whom is Gertrude married?
(a) A white man.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A black man.
(d) A Mexican man.

4. Where does Irene promise to meet Clare at the next Tuesday?
(a) At her hotel.
(b) At her mother's house.
(c) At her office.
(d) At her apartment.

5. When the woman stares at Irene at the hotel, what does Irene fear the woman is thinking about her?
(a) Irene is unattractive.
(b) Irene is white.
(c) Irene is mixed.
(d) Irene is black.

6. How is Clare's coloring described?
(a) Freckled.
(b) Golden and pale.
(c) Peaches and cream.
(d) Olive-skinned.

7. What issue does Irene have with Clare?
(a) She thinks Clare is dishonest.
(b) She thinks Clare wants to be white.
(c) She thinks Clare has deserted her race.
(d) She thinks Clare wants to avoid her.

8. How does Irene respond to Brian?
(a) She stomps off.
(b) She thinks he's wrong but she'll go along with him.
(c) She is surprised by his wisdom.
(d) She agrees with him.

9. What invitation does Irene accept from Clare?
(a) Go to a museum.
(b) Have lunch.
(c) To go to tea.
(d) Have coffee.

10. How does Irene distract Brian?
(a) She asks him to telephone her mother.
(b) She asks him to wait in the kitchen for her.
(c) She asks him to move a table.
(d) She shows him Clare's letter.

11. When does this chapter take place?
(a) Right after her encounter with Clare in Chicago.
(b) Before her meeting with Clare in Chicago.
(c) One year after her meeting with Clare in Chicago.
(d) Two years after her encounter with Clare in Chicago.

12. What does Irene plan to organize for the Negro Welfare League?
(a) A dance.
(b) A committee meeting.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A town hall meeting.

13. What do Irene and Brian call their son?
(a) Little Brian.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Junior.
(d) Brian II.

14. Irene thinks that what group of people cannot tell what race she is?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) White people.
(c) Black people.
(d) All people.

15. What does Clare send to Irene?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A note.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A present.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Irene feel about Clare?

2. What does Brian say about black people who pass for white?

3. Who will be in danger if Irene speaks up to John Bellew?

4. Why does John Bellew call Clare "nig"?

5. Why does Irene bring up Junior's problems?

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