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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Big Boy Leaves Home," Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the boys make fun of in the water?
(a) Buck
(b) Big Boy
(c) Lester
(d) Harvey

2. 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 put in jail
(c) He was hanged
(d) He was castrated

3. Where does Wright's boss take the black woman to beat her?
(a) The back room
(b) The kitchen
(c) The yard
(d) The front of the store

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

5. What is the name of the man who owns the swimming hole?
(a) Harvey
(b) James
(c) Philip
(d) John

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following subjects is Wright not allowed to talk about with his white employees?

2. What does the woman do when Big Boy asks for his clothes?

3. Who plies their trade at the hotel Wright works at?

4. What does one of Wright's co-workers say Wright forgot to say?

5. What does Wright do to avoid saying thank you?

(see the answer key)

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