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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 does Wright say his yard lacked?
(a) Animals
(b) Plastic chairs
(c) A swing
(d) Greenery

2. What kind of factory does Wright work in?
(a) Car
(b) Cotton
(c) Weapon
(d) Optical

3. What is the name of the woman's fiance?
(a) David
(b) Paul
(c) Jim
(d) Josh

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

5. What kind of songs do the boys sing?
(a) Rock
(b) Blues
(c) Folk
(d) Freeform

Short Answer Questions

1. What city will Will take Big Boy and Bobo to in the morning?

2. What is Wright's job at the clothing store?

3. What do the soldiers take away from Mann?

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

5. Where do Big Boy and his friends go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Big Boy and Bobo get home after Big Boy shoots the army officer?

2. How does Mann help the Heartfields in Chapter 12?

3. How does Mann help out at the hospital?

4. Why does the white hospital staff laugh in this chapter?

5. What happens to a black bellboy who has sex with a white prostitute?

6. What happens to Wright when his boss tells him to deliver groceries to a white neighborhood after dark?

7. What problems does Mann have a the beginning of the chapter?

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

9. Describe Wright's work as a bellboy.

10. What happens to Mann when the Heartfield family identifies him as the killer?

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