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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Wright borrow from Falk?
(a) His library card
(b) His jeans
(c) His passport
(d) His credit card
2. Who is the only person among Richard's family in Chicago who does not fall ill?
(a) Alan
(b) Ellie
(c) Richard
(d) Maggie
3. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?
(a) The paper store
(b) The grocery store
(c) The post office
(d) The relief station
4. What character working in the hospital basement scares Richard?
(a) Bill
(b) Jock
(c) Brand
(d) Cooke
5. What does Richard say he feels like when a Jewish boy comes in to time how long it takes for him to clean?
(a) A slave
(b) Friendless
(c) A child
(d) An idiot
6. Who gives Richard a sly smile before Richard leaves work?
(a) Miss Molly
(b) Falk
(c) Bess
(d) Shorty
7. Where do the Hoffmans operate their store?
(a) A whites only neighborhood
(b) A railway station
(c) The city center
(d) A metro station
8. Where does RIchard take a job?
(a) A cake shop
(b) A cafe
(c) An optical shop
(d) A bomb factory
9. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?
(a) He has too many responibilities
(b) He is lazy
(c) He likes the South
(d) He earns a lot of money
10. Who does Richard find is trying to oust him from his position at the Federal Negro Theater?
(a) The Chicago mayor
(b) The Communists
(c) The Fascists
(d) The American government
11. What is Bill's favorite phrase?
(a) Hang em all
(b) Watch your back Jack
(c) Let us all start over again
(d) Brain drain
12. What is the name of Richard's foreman?
(a) Fin
(b) Olin
(c) Harry
(d) James
13. Who does the editorial attack?
(a) H.L. Mencken
(b) James Dean
(c) William Faulkner
(d) Mark Twain
14. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?
(a) Bolsheviks
(b) Black political leaders
(c) European leaders
(d) Black Communists
15. Where do Richard and his friend find bootleg liquor?
(a) In a sand pit
(b) Under floorboards
(c) Floating on the water
(d) In a patch of weeds
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?
2. What is Mencken famous as?
3. What does the black comrade tell Richard would bolster his credibility?
4. Which two characters go to Chicago first?
5. What is the name of Miss Moss' daughter?
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