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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One editorialist in Chapter 3 is particularly angry that the offspring of those who become white will what?
(a) Be caucasians.
(b) Act like black people.
(c) Still be black.
(d) Think like white people.

2. What is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Biography.
(c) Romantic comedy.
(d) Satire.

3. Despite her distant ancestry, Dr. Crookman's wife appears to be what?
(a) Asian.
(b) Black.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Native American.

4. Where was the first Ku Klux Klan established?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What word is widely used in the U.S. to refer to people of European origin or people who are white, even though the original classification was broader than this?
(a) Anglo-Saxon.
(b) Caucasian.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Mormon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the second Ku Klux Klan established?

2. What does the Greek word 'kuklos" mean?

3. What reporter is waiting in the cab after Max leaves the sanitarium in Chapter 2?

4. What year is it in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. By what does Bunny recognize Max in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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