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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down by the Riverside," Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman do when Big Boy asks for his clothes?
(a) Cries
(b) Pulls out a gun
(c) Faints
(d) Screams

2. Who is the first person Big Boys tells about what happened?
(a) His sister
(b) His brother
(c) His father
(d) His mother

3. What is the matter with Wright's bicycle in this chapter?
(a) The brakes don't work
(b) It has a buckled wheel
(c) It has a flat tire
(d) The frame snaps

4. What is Jim's job?
(a) An army officer
(b) A factory owner
(c) A journalist
(d) A writer

5. What happens to the black bell boy who was caught having sex with a white prostitute?
(a) He had his hands cut off
(b) He was castrated
(c) He was put in jail
(d) He was hanged

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mann take with him for protection?

2. What do the boys say Wright forgot to say?

3. Why do the whites refer to the castrated bellboy as lucky?

4. What does Wright use to deliver the groceries?

5. Who is going to give Big Boy and Bobo a lift out of town?

(see the answer key)

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