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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. For what does Nelson claim to be a sucker?
(a) The white man's supremacy.
(b) Harold's price schemes.
(c) The belief that things will change.
(d) Words of Jesus.

2. About what does the woman who sits next to the Fosters complain?
(a) The countries visited.
(b) The people with whom she has to eat.
(c) The lack of conversation.
(d) The food.

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

4. What happens when Paul is transferred to Oakland, CA?
(a) He begins working in a mental hospital.
(b) He marries a black girl.
(c) He is attacked by a stranger.
(d) He immediately asks for a transfer to Tennessee.

5. To what are Leon and Eunice summoned?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A business meeting.
(c) The police station.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the bobbies discuss on the way back to the hotel?

2. To what does the author say that great myths have been reduced?

3. What does Charles ask Johnson that Plinkett witnessed?

4. Where does the narrator believe is the safest possible place?

5. Which of the following characters is considered an instant hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jed Jones say happened after he heard the shots?

2. What does Paul do after months of silence at the mental hospital?

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

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

5. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

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

7. What are the Foster's doing because it was recommended and because they are tired of tourism?

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

9. How does Leon describe his landlady?

10. What does Ruth want to advise Harold to do and what does she do instead?

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