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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of James' stepsister?
(a) Daisy
(b) Jacqueline
(c) Doris
(d) Lauren

2. Who does James' brother ask about what color Jesus is?
(a) A rabbi
(b) James
(c) His father
(d) The Sunday school teacher

3. Who does James say he once robbed as a teenager?
(a) A drug dealer
(b) An old lady
(c) His mother
(d) His best friend

4. What is the name of the newspaper James works at?
(a) The Boston Globe
(b) The Los Angeles Times
(c) The Boston Chronicle
(d) The New York Times

5. Who does James say his older siblings revere?
(a) Tommie Smith
(b) Elijah Muhammed
(c) Marin Luther King
(d) Malcolm X

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth not go to Irene's funeral?

2. What does Ruth say she was starved of?

3. What city does Sam leave for?

4. What color does one of James' brother's decide he wants to be?

5. What kind of houses do the blacks in Suffolk live in?

(see the answer key)

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