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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 Communists
(b) Black political leaders
(c) Bolsheviks
(d) European leaders
2. What does Richard refuse to accept from a white customer?
(a) A present
(b) Food
(c) Money
(d) Drink
3. What does Richard need to do to to get the position at the post office?
(a) Rent an apartment
(b) Buy a suit
(c) Put on weight
(d) Marry
4. What do the black Communists brand Wright as?
(a) An intellectual
(b) A worker
(c) An Uncle Tom
(d) A snob
5. What is the name of the John Reed Club magazine?
(a) Left Front
(b) Common ground
(c) Middle ground
(d) Right Front
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose work does Wright want to read?
2. What does Shorty allow a white man to do to him for a quarter?
3. Who throws Richard out of the May Day parade?
4. What style of poem does Wright write for the magazine?
5. What character working in the hospital basement scares Richard?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Richard's fellow comrades begins to shun him?
2. What does Richard decide at the end of the book?
3. What happens when Richard joins the May Day parade?
4. What problems does Wright find in New York City?
5. How do Richard's white co-workers in the cafe shock him?
6. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?
7. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?
8. How do the white employers at the optical factory arrange a boxing match between Richard and Harrison?
9. Why does Mrs. Moss end up disgusting Richard?
10. What problems does Richard face as publicity agent for the Federal Negro Theater?
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