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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 comment does Mrs. Boswell make about the narrator?
(a) That he is learning the rhythm of the thing.
(b) That he is the most handsome of the boys.
(c) That his outfit matches Gweneth's.
(d) That he can change his role.

2. What does Dewey insist Willis must do?
(a) Kill Slick.
(b) Declare his loyalty.
(c) Leave immediately.
(d) Go and find the police.

3. How long after Billy goes to work for Dillingham does the meeting in Chicago occur?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. Where does the scar go that is on the woman in the waiting room?
(a) From brow to center of the chin.
(b) From ear to brow.
(c) From ear to ear.
(d) From chin to nose.

5. What does "everyone" know that Slick is in to?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Hired killing.
(c) Street gangs.
(d) Rackets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do while William finishes school?

2. What was the most important question that the narrator wants to ask?

3. What does Butler consider the processes being worn by other black men, but don't imitate the whites?

4. Why does Ray say he is moving to a new parlor?

5. How do the congregation members feel about Butler's sermons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the narrator of this story asks the woman sitting in the waiting room how she got the scar on her face?

2. What does Milford's brief say about his client and what does this seem to contradict?

3. Describe Gweneth Lawson as seen through the narrator's eyes.

4. What does Winfield say he was doing until he saw Mrs. Farragot run out of her house?

5. What factors does Butler spend his afternoon thinking about in regards to his situation?

6. What does the narrator say that the best men do and do not?

7. Describe the three pictures Milford looks at while he waits for Mrs. Farragot to arrive.

8. What happens when Willis Davis tries to join the Henry Street guys?

9. Why is Tarwell considering hiring Butler and how does Butler feel about this?

10. What does William feel obliged to do for Billy and why does he feel obliged to do it?

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