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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the short story that Richard writes?
(a) Garden Wars
(b) The Voodoo of Hell's Half-Acre
(c) Feeling Low is a Normal Feeling For Me
(d) Black Boys in Wonderland

2. What kind of hat do the two boys knock off Richard's head?
(a) A top hat
(b) A straw hat
(c) A bowler hat
(d) A baseball hat

3. What is the name of the book the school teacher is reading?
(a) Wizard of Oz
(b) Treasure Island
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(d) Bluebeard and His Seven Wives

4. Who offers to give Richard a ride home?
(a) His boss
(b) His boss' wife
(c) A group of black men
(d) A group of white men

5. Why does Ella have to stop work?
(a) She has won the lottery
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She is ill
(d) She wants to spend more time with her children

6. What does Richard say he has to see to believe in God?
(a) A prophet
(b) A resurrection
(c) A flying horse
(d) An angel

7. How does Richard kill the kitten?
(a) Strangles it
(b) Burns it
(c) Shoots it
(d) Hangs it

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

9. Where does Nathan work as a night porter?
(a) Drug store
(b) A hotel
(c) A hostel
(d) Hospital

10. What does Richard do when his employers mock him for wanting to become a writer?
(a) Breaks a window
(b) Slaps her
(c) Quits
(d) Laughs at her

11. What does Richard have to fight Uncle Tom off with?
(a) A stick
(b) A spear
(c) A knife
(d) Razors

12. What does Richard neglect to call one of the white youths?
(a) King
(b) Mister
(c) Sir
(d) Master

13. What does Granny equate literary fiction with?
(a) Kindness
(b) Hell
(c) Lies
(d) Sin

14. What does Richard suffer from in Granny's house at night?
(a) Crying fits
(b) Seizures
(c) Insomnia
(d) Nightmares

15. Who does Richard start working for?
(a) A Jewish family
(b) The local library
(c) The American post office
(d) A white family

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard start selling to earn money?

2. What does Granny forbid in her house?

3. How does Griggs know Richard?

4. Where does Richard work the following summer?

5. Where does Richard work after the hotel?

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