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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Richard tell the woman he wants to be?
(a) A writer
(b) A scientist
(c) A doctor
(d) A lawyer

3. Who is Granny renting a room to?
(a) A cook
(b) A school teacher
(c) A factory owner
(d) A communist

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richard vow never to do again?

3. Which of the following does Richard set fire to?

4. Where is Richard going when the boys rob him?

5. What does Richard start selling to earn money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Granny beat Richard with a wet towel?

2. What advice does Grigg offer Richard?

3. Why does Richard leave his job in the sawmill?

4. What mistake does Granny make at the end of Chapter 4?

5. Why does Richard think racism encourages theft?

6. Where does Richard first find his love for books?

7. Why does Richard hang the kitten?

8. Why does Richard threaten Addie with a knife in Chapter 4?

9. Why does Richard develop a bitter association between his father and hunger?

10. What happens when Richard gets a flat tire on his bicycle?

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