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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 kind of community does Wright live in in Mississippi?
(a) Black community
(b) Hispanic community
(c) Irish community
(d) Mixed community

2. Who approaches them when the boys get out of the water?
(a) A police officer
(b) A white woman
(c) A soldier
(d) Harvey

3. What city will Will take Big Boy and Bobo to in the morning?
(a) Chicago
(b) New York
(c) Washington
(d) Seattle

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

5. Who does the stolen boat belong to?
(a) Mr. Brown
(b) Mr. Heartfield
(c) The Sheriff
(d) Mr. Formby

Short Answer Questions

1. What building does Mann think he crashes into?

2. What city does Wright move to in this section?

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

4. What causes the mob to go home?

5. What phrase is Wright worried the white man in the elevator will find insulting if he said it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter Wright has with some white boys when he gets a flat tire.

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mann die?

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

8. What subjects can Wright not discuss with his white employees in Memphis?

9. What happens to Mann when he gets to town?

10. What does Wright say his mother taught him in the opening section?

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