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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Just Enough for the City".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Curtis suggest Willis do when he is worried about the Henry Street Guys?
(a) Ask Slick to help him and talk to R.V.
(b) Move out of the city and take him with him.
(c) Hide out for a week and then try again.
(d) Get protection and adopt a new approach.

2. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?
(a) He move in with the both of them.
(b) He marry the girl.
(c) He disappear never to return.
(d) He feed the baby for 21 years.

3. Who does the narrator say work in the neighborhood?
(a) A variety of evangelists.
(b) Non-believers and truthsayers.
(c) Marketers who do not listen.
(d) Liars and cheats.

4. What does the narrator like to do but not do?
(a) Listen to the preachers but not believe.
(b) Taste new foods but not pay for them.
(c) Read magazines but not buy them.
(d) Open packages that are not for him.

5. What does Butler consider the processes being worn by other black men, but don't imitate the whites?
(a) Devil's work.
(b) To expensive to allow a profit.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) To modern for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Willis have to avoid Bertha, the cook?

2. What does Dewey wear to show people he is fearless?

3. Why do many of the boys get off at Gweneth's stop?

4. Which of the following doesn't Tommy's father threaten to do to Butler?

5. What does the man do to R.V. that causes him to order Aubrey to take him out?

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