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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 Uncle Clark assign Richard with as soon as he arrives?
(a) A writing task
(b) A proper job
(c) Homework
(d) Chores

2. What information that Richard gives Uncle Tom does Uncle Tom say is not accurate?
(a) The time
(b) The date
(c) The title of his book
(d) His homework task

3. What does Richard like about his job selling newspapers?
(a) Earning money
(b) Meeting white people
(c) Annoying white people
(d) Reading the stories

4. What does Richard typically eat for breakfast?
(a) Biscuits and gravy
(b) Flour and lard mush
(c) Eggs and toast
(d) Gruel and noodles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Richard's bike when he is making a delivery in this chapter?

2. Who offers to give Richard a ride home?

3. Where is Richard making a delivery to when a policeman stops him?

4. Where does Maggie live?

5. Why did the whites kill the black boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between the white security guard and Richard in Chapter 10?

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

3. Why does Richard fight his Uncle Tom?

4. Why does Richard stop selling the newspaper?

5. How does Richard burn down his grandparents' house?

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

7. What awkward question does Richard's prospective white employer ask him?

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. Why does Richard think Grandpa is so bitter?

(see the answer keys)

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