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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard work as during the summer?
(a) A bible salesman
(b) A newspaper boy
(c) A water boy and brick gatherer
(d) A baseball scorer

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

3. What does Richard's mother think will happen if people think Richard has a weak mind?
(a) He will end up in an institution
(b) He won't get a job
(c) People will take advantage
(d) People will bully him

4. Why do Pease and Reynolds refuse to train Richard on the optic machines?
(a) They need training themselves
(b) They are too dangerous
(c) People should not need to be trained
(d) It is white man's work

5. What does Richard's boss offer him in the storeroom?
(a) The black woman's teeth
(b) A drink
(c) His hand
(d) A cigarette

6. What does Wright say he would have done if he had known there were so many obstacles to overcome as a writer?
(a) Married early
(b) Abandoned his quest
(c) Moved to Paris
(d) Gone to a deserted island

7. What kind of church does Richard attend with his mother?
(a) Catholic
(b) Lutheran
(c) Methodist
(d) Baptist

8. What do Wright and his co workers do to steal $200?
(a) Pimp
(b) Sell alcohol
(c) Sell drugs
(d) Re-sell tickets

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

10. What does Ella think her son's writing will lead people to think he has?
(a) No friends
(b) A homosexual life
(c) A Godless mind
(d) A weak mind

11. What do the white youths smash into Richard's face?
(a) A glass jar
(b) A weight
(c) A whiskey bottle
(d) A rock

12. What does Richard use to make deliveries?
(a) Skates
(b) A motorbike
(c) A car
(d) A bicycle

13. Who does Richard persuade to publish his short story?
(a) The local newsletter
(b) The New York Times
(c) The Chicago Tribune
(d) The local black newspaper

14. Where is Richard making a delivery to when a policeman stops him?
(a) A rich neighborhood
(b) A white neighborhood
(c) His boss' house
(d) A black neighborhood

15. What does Richard do in the hotel?
(a) Cleans rooms
(b) Empties bins
(c) Mops floors
(d) Works on reception

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard pawn in this chapter?

2. Where do Richard and his family move to after the house burns down?

3. What does Richard threaten Addie with at home?

4. What does the congregation pressure Richard and other boys to do?

5. Which of the following do the gangs not use as weapons?

(see the answer keys)

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