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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine H. L. Mencken edits?
(a) Lets Love
(b) American Buffalo
(c) American Mercury
(d) Where the Buffalo Roam

2. What does Granny think Richard has said?
(a) He has seen an angel
(b) He has seen a naked woman
(c) He believes in the devil
(d) He has found God

3. What event causes Richard to lose a lot of his hours at the post office?
(a) The Vietnam War
(b) The Second World War
(c) The First World War
(d) The Great Depression

4. Who are Richard's friends hostile towards?
(a) Whites
(b) Women
(c) Religious zealots
(d) Men

5. Who writes a speech for Wright to read at his graduation?
(a) Miss Harper
(b) His brother
(c) The principal
(d) The governor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shorty allow a white man to do to him for a quarter?

2. In what way is Richard related to Maggie?

3. What does Granny equate literary fiction with?

4. Where does Ella send her children?

5. What does Richard say he has to see to believe in God?

(see the answer key)

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