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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down by the Riverside," Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mann ask to use at the Heartfield's house?
(a) A car
(b) The radio
(c) A can opener
(d) The telephone

2. Who meets Mann in town?
(a) Grannie
(b) Soldiers
(c) Bob
(d) Peewee

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

4. What does Wright have to do when he sees a white man in the elevator?
(a) Kiss his hand
(b) Take off his hat
(c) Bow
(d) Offer a cigarette

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the black bell boy who was caught having sex with a white prostitute?

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

3. Where does Big Boy grab Bobo?

4. Who is the only one of the four boys who wants to go swimming?

5. Where does Wright's boss take the black woman to beat her?

(see the answer key)

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