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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 have to do when he sees a white man in the elevator?
(a) Bow
(b) Kiss his hand
(c) Offer a cigarette
(d) Take off his hat

2. What is Harvey known to do to trespassers?
(a) Hang them
(b) Shoot them
(c) Bury them alive
(d) Torture them

3. What happens to Wright before he leaves his job?
(a) He is promoted
(b) He marries
(c) He is beaten
(d) He is given a payrise

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

5. Who hears the witnesses' statements in this chapter?
(a) The general
(b) The colonel
(c) The captain
(d) The mayor

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Will related to Peters?

2. What does Wright's boss offer him in the back room?

3. What does Mann ask Bob to sell?

4. What does Wright say his yard lacked?

5. Where does the police officer say Wright should not be after dark?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bob say is the situation in town?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the fight between Big Boy and Bobo.

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

10. Describe Wright's work as a bellboy.

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