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

2. Who does Richard find is trying to oust him from his position at the Federal Negro Theater?
(a) The Communists
(b) The Chicago mayor
(c) The American government
(d) The Fascists

3. What do the black Communists brand Wright as?
(a) A worker
(b) A snob
(c) An Uncle Tom
(d) An intellectual

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

5. What is Bill's favorite phrase?
(a) Hang em all
(b) Brain drain
(c) Let us all start over again
(d) Watch your back Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ross facing legal prosecution for?

2. Where does RIchard take a job?

3. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?

4. What is Wright fearful of doing at work?

5. What does Richard say he feels like when a Jewish boy comes in to time how long it takes for him to clean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Wright find in New York City?

2. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

3. How do Richard's white co-workers in the cafe shock him?

4. How does Richard borrow books from the white library?

5. Why does Bill terrify Richard?

6. Why don't Southern people like it when blacks move to Northern cities?

7. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?

8. Why does Richard want to read H.L Mencken?

9. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

10. What does Richard realize as he stands in line at the relief station?

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