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

2. What doorkeeper doesn't recognize Max and tells him to go away in Chapter 2?
(a) Young James.
(b) Wierd Al.
(c) Old Bob.
(d) Old James.

3. Who in the novel had been on a Carolina chain gang for two years?
(a) Henry Givens.
(b) Bunny Brown.
(c) Junius Crookman.
(d) Hank Johnson.

4. What title does Matthew hold in the Knights of Nordica in Chapter 6?
(a) Grand Exalted Dragon.
(b) Grand Exalted Shark.
(c) Grand Exalted Giraw.
(d) Grand Exalted Wizard.

5. Who do the the Knights of Nordica have on their payroll fighting the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity in Chapter 6?
(a) Santop Licorice.
(b) Dr. Joseph Bonds.
(c) Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard.
(d) Dr. Napoleon Wellington Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday begins Chapter 6?

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

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

4. In what area of New York does Max live in the beginning of the novel?

5. Where does Max go to hear the doctor who can turn black people white speak in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?

2. How is Max's excitement over being white and indistinguishable an example of irony?

3. Who is Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard? How is he described?

4. What are Max's first experiences like as a white man in Chapter 2?

5. How does Hank Johnson feel about the publicity Black-No-More is getting in Chapter 3? What is Hank's history?

6. Why do the leaders of the National Social Equality League call a conference in Chapter 5?

7. What examples of uniting take place in Chapter 6?

8. What does Max remark about his skin after the procedure in Chapter 2? How is this satirical?

9. Why is anger developing in the South over Black-No-More Inc. in Chapter 3?

10. How is the black community changing in Chapter 5?

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