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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers take away from Mann?
(a) His pants
(b) His gun
(c) His shoes
(d) His knife

2. Who do Big Boy and Bobo try to avoid on the way home?
(a) Their parents
(b) Old Man Harvey
(c) White people
(d) The police

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

4. What takes Lulu to the hospital?
(a) A ship
(b) An ambulance
(c) A motorboat
(d) A helicopter

5. Where does the boat take Mann?
(a) A cement plant
(b) An optic factory
(c) A coal mine
(d) Heartfield's house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who owns the swimming hole?

2. What does the colonel promise to pay Mann back for?

3. Which of the following do the soldiers not give Mann?

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

5. What do Wright's co workers accuse him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work do the black men do at the cement plant?

2. Describe the confrontation between Wright and the night watchman.

3. How does Big Boy deal with the dog that finds him?

4. Describe the fight between Big Boy and Bobo.

5. What are Big Boy and his friends doing in this chapter?

6. How do the boys give the made up word "quall" meaning?

7. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.

8. Why do Big Boy's friends not want to go to the swimming pool?

9. What does Big Boy think about while he waits in the hole?

10. How do people in the clothing store react to the black women being beaten?

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