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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Richard not find Bess attractive?
(a) She is mentally impaired
(b) She is childish and dull
(c) She is humorless
(d) She is insensitive

3. Where do Richard and his friend find bootleg liquor?
(a) In a patch of weeds
(b) Under floorboards
(c) In a sand pit
(d) Floating on the water

4. What does Richard tell his black comrade he does for a living?
(a) Boxes
(b) Writes books
(c) Empties bins
(d) Sweeps roads

5. What does the Party charge Ross with?
(a) Treachory
(b) Adultery
(c) Anti-leadership tendencies
(d) A consumerist personality

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

7. Where does Richard meet a young black man?
(a) In a cafe
(b) At a watermill
(c) On the waterfront
(d) In a restaurant

8. What role does Richard get at the Federal Relief Theater?
(a) Light technician
(b) Publicity agent
(c) Casting agent
(d) Director

9. What does kind of company does Richard join?
(a) A television company
(b) A optics company
(c) An insurance agency
(d) A phone company

10. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?
(a) The post office
(b) The relief station
(c) The paper store
(d) The grocery store

11. What reason does Richard give for leaving the South?
(a) To get married
(b) To write
(c) To have more freedom
(d) To be near his mother

12. What is the name of Richard's foreman?
(a) James
(b) Harry
(c) Olin
(d) Fin

13. What parade does Richard try to be part of?
(a) May Day
(b) St Patrick's Day
(c) Independence Day
(d) St George Day

14. Where do the Hoffmans operate their store?
(a) A whites only neighborhood
(b) A railway station
(c) The city center
(d) A metro station

15. What style of poem does Wright write for the magazine?
(a) A sonnet
(b) Free verse
(c) A limerick
(d) A haiku

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shorty willing to do for money?

2. Who joins Richard in Memphis?

3. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?

4. Who is the only person among Richard's family in Chicago who does not fall ill?

5. What did Martin Garvey advocate for black Americans?

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