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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Long Black Song," Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first member of the Heartfield family to recognize Mann?
(a) Mrs Heartfield
(b) The girl
(c) The boy
(d) Granny Heartfield

2. Why do the whites refer to the castrated bellboy as lucky?
(a) He had sex with a white girl
(b) He was allowed to live
(c) He can't get in trouble with white girls again
(d) He was given money

3. What does Silas find on the quilt?
(a) A pencil
(b) A record
(c) A note book
(d) A toy car

4. What does Big Boy hide in?
(a) A kiln
(b) A barrel
(c) A rabbit hole
(d) A coal mine

5. Which of his personal belongings did the salesman leave in the bedroom?
(a) Socks
(b) Underwear
(c) Handkerchief
(d) Shirt

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the salesman say he will come back?

2. What phrase is Wright worried the white man in the elevator will find insulting if he said it?

3. What does Silas do with the graphophone?

4. Why does the black maid forgive Wright for not arguing with the white man?

5. What city does Wright move to in this section?

(see the answer key)

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