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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. In what way is Richard related to Maggie?
(a) Her nephew
(b) Her step brother
(c) Her half brother
(d) Her uncle
2. What kind of animal does Richard kill?
(a) Dog
(b) Cat
(c) Squirrel
(d) Buffalo
3. What does the congregation pressure Richard and other boys to do?
(a) Marry
(b) Build a church
(c) Find girlfriends
(d) Get baptized
4. What does Granny forbid in her house?
(a) White women
(b) Devil stuff
(c) Men
(d) Guns
5. What is the name of Maggie's husband?
(a) Leach
(b) David
(c) Chicken man
(d) Hoskins
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Ella send her children?
2. What kind of hat do the two boys knock off Richard's head?
3. How does Richard kill the kitten?
4. What kind of church does Richard attend with his mother?
5. What does Richard do when his employers mock him for wanting to become a writer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Richard do to raise money to move away from the South?
2. What does Richard do after he has read his speech at graduation?
3. What does Wright think about his writing career in retrospect?
4. What does Richard learn about the brother of one of his classmates?
5. Why does Richard hang the kitten?
6. How do Pease and Reynolds treat Richard at the optical factory?
7. What job does Richard find in Chapter 5?
8. Why does Richard continue working for the second white family, even though he dislikes them?
9. Why can Richard not keep his promise to his mother not to fight white children?
10. What does Richard do with the money he steals?
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