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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. Who does Richard write biographical sketches for?
(a) Black political leaders
(b) Black Communists
(c) European leaders
(d) Bolsheviks

2. What reason does Shorty give for not joining Richard?
(a) He earns a lot of money
(b) He has too many responibilities
(c) He likes the South
(d) He is lazy

3. Where does RIchard take a job?
(a) A cafe
(b) A bomb factory
(c) A cake shop
(d) An optical shop

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard think he needs to build a bridge of?

2. What event causes Richard to lose a lot of his hours at the post office?

3. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?

4. Whose teachings do the Garveyites follow?

5. What does kind of company does Richard join?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Moss end up disgusting Richard?

3. In what way does Richard's situation take a turn for the worse when the Great Depression hits America?

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

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

6. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

7. What does Richard decide at the end of the book?

8. Why do Richard's fellow comrades begins to shun him?

9. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

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

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