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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wright borrow from Falk?
(a) His passport
(b) His library card
(c) His jeans
(d) His credit card

2. Which two characters go to Chicago first?
(a) Alan and Ellie
(b) Alan and Maggie
(c) Richard and Maggie
(d) Richard and Alan

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

4. What do the black Communists brand Wright as?
(a) A worker
(b) An intellectual
(c) An Uncle Tom
(d) A snob

5. Who is the only person among Richard's family in Chicago who does not fall ill?
(a) Alan
(b) Maggie
(c) Richard
(d) Ellie

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Richard choose to live with?

2. What is the name of the drug doctors use to sedate the dogs?

3. What does Richard say he feels like when a Jewish boy comes in to time how long it takes for him to clean?

4. What is Richard able to steal from the next white family he works for?

5. What is the only day of the week that Richard could realistically work on?

(see the answer key)

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