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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he felt a crazy impulse to do?
(a) Holler.
(b) Cry.
(c) Scream.
(d) Laugh.

2. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?
(a) Iron mongering.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) English.
(d) Mechanics.

3. What does Himes say he wanted to become?
(a) A southern man.
(b) An academic.
(c) A traveler.
(d) A real man.

4. Who does Jones drive out to see at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) The white boy.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Etta.
(d) Alice.

5. Which of his co-workers does Jones talk to Alice about?
(a) McBane.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Janice.
(d) Madge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jones and Alice's table next to?

2. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?

3. What country did Himes move to with Lesley Packard?

4. Why do the two patrol officers stop Alice and Jones?

5. What word best describes what Jones thinks about Mr. Harrison?

(see the answer key)

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