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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 was Wright's yard filled with?
(a) Gravel
(b) Sand
(c) Wood chips
(d) Cinders

2. Where does Brinkley have to ferry people away from?
(a) The shopping mall
(b) The hospital
(c) The town hall
(d) The coal mine

3. What is the name of the main character in this story?
(a) Mann
(b) Heartfield
(c) James
(d) Bob

4. What happens to the black bell boy who was caught having sex with a white prostitute?
(a) He was castrated
(b) He had his hands cut off
(c) He was put in jail
(d) He was hanged

5. What is wrong with Lulu?
(a) She is insane
(b) She is in labor
(c) She has the flu
(d) She has cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do when Big Boy asks for his clothes?

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

3. Who tries to follow Lulu's body?

4. Who does Mann look for in this section?

5. What does Mann ask to use at the Heartfield's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wright's work as a bellboy.

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

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

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

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

6. How do Wright's co-workers at the factory contrive to get rid of him?

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

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

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

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

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