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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. With what color does Harold say is the only color that he is concerned?
(a) The color black.
(b) The color red.
(c) The color green.
(d) The color orange.

2. How far away is the bobby station?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 5 miles.

3. What does the narrator ask the missionaries to tell him without looking in their Bibles?
(a) Where he can find love.
(b) What the purpose of life is.
(c) What the note must contain.
(d) How to keep from committing suicide.

4. Why does Charles's lawyer want his crime to be called manslaughter?
(a) Because of extenuating circumstances.
(b) Because Charles won't tell him what happened.
(c) To increase his fees.
(d) To avoid the death penalty.

5. Why does the judge's secretary tell him he must shine at the meeting?
(a) Political reasons.
(b) To overcome the case.
(c) To help with race relations.
(d) To protect Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something the Asians report missing?

2. What is Paul's means of redeeming family?

3. How does Rogers characterize Charles's talent?

4. In the story, what is said to be the only one book that offers a suitable religion for businessmen?

5. How long did Charles work for Johnson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group of storytellers who Ginny joined consider themselves and what happens to change this?

2. How does Charles seem to others and what does this lead people to think about the events that lead to his trial?

3. When Mrs. Richards bets a woman is fattening Louis up for the fry, about what does Louis think?

4. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

5. How does Leon describe his landlady?

6. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

7. What makes Eunice wonder about the hotel's breakfast calls?

8. Describe the character Clair as seen through Louis's eyes.

9. What is Harold Green caught doing that angers people in the community?

10. Where does this story take place?

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