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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. Which of the following is not the name of one of Big Boy's friends?
(a) Taylor
(b) Lester
(c) Bobo
(d) Buck
2. How does Big Boy kill the dog?
(a) Shoots it
(b) Stabs it
(c) Chokes it
(d) Drowns it
3. Where does the doctor suggest Mann take his family?
(a) Chicago
(b) The hills
(c) The mountains
(d) Mississippi
4. What does the white man force a black bellboy to do when the white man gets the girl pregnant?
(a) Marry her
(b) Educate her
(c) Pay for the abortion
(d) Kill the girl
5. What does Big Boy hide in?
(a) A barrel
(b) A rabbit hole
(c) A kiln
(d) A coal mine
Short Answer Questions
1. What causes the mob to go home?
2. Who does Mann kill in this section?
3. What did the white children throw at Wright and his friends?
4. What does Heartfield demand from Mann?
5. What stops Mann from killing the boy with the ax?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the confrontation between Mann and Heartfield.
2. Why do Wright's co-workers at the optical factory not like him?
3. Why does the white hospital staff laugh in this chapter?
4. What happens to Mann when the Heartfield family identifies him as the killer?
5. How do the boys give the made up word "quall" meaning?
6. What does Wright say his mother taught him in the opening section?
7. What does Mann think about when he raises his ax to kill the family?
8. What happens to Wright when his boss tells him to deliver groceries to a white neighborhood after dark?
9. What violence does Wright witness in the clothing store?
10. How does Big Boy deal with the dog that finds him?
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