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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 Mack do to himself at the end of the story?
(a) Robs a bank.
(b) Gives his friend his money.
(c) Spikes his own hand intentionally.
(d) Buys a skateboard.
2. What do Tate and his friends all want desperately in "Double Nigger"?
(a) Water.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Food.
(d) Clothes.
3. How does Grease get his name?
(a) He is slippery when talking to people.
(b) No one remembers.
(c) When he eats, grease collects on his mouth.
(d) He is very fast.
4. What does Layton try to give the white man who visits his grandmother's house?
(a) Copper.
(b) Grass.
(c) Money.
(d) Sulfur water.
5. In "Goodbye, Sweetwater," where does Layton live?
(a) Holly Springs.
(b) Faberton.
(c) Esserton.
(d) New York City.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the billboard in "Fon" say?
2. What does the white man who arrives ask Layton's grandmother for?
3. Who does the old scout meet before joining the parade?
4. What are Tate and his friends afraid of when they stop at the abandoned house with the well?
5. Who walks with Bubba and his sister in "The Crossing"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the police treat the main characters in "Strike and Fade"?
2. What happens to the white people who talk their way into the club to hear Probe in "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"?
3. Who is Layton waiting for in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?
4. In "Ark of Bones," what is Headeye known for?
5. What do the crew pull out of the water in "Ark of Bones"?
6. In "A Harlem Game," how does Mack's father treat him?
7. Why does Mack hurt himself at the end of "A Harlem Game"?
8. What does Nillmon intend to do to Fon in "Fon"?
9. What famous tragedy do the characters in "The Crossing" reference?
10. What is one reason Dumas has the characters constantly joking in "Double Nigger"?
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