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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hero of Native Son?
(a) Bigger Thomas.
(b) Jimmy Crow.
(c) Malcolm Marshall.
(d) James Dean.

2. What does Jones call Madge when she insults him?
(a) A white whore.
(b) A cracker bitch.
(c) A nigger lover.
(d) A slut.

3. How did Himes injure himself at the Wade Park Manor Hotel?
(a) He walked through a glass door.
(b) He stepped in front of a taxi.
(c) He got beaten up.
(d) He fell down an elevator shaft.

4. What did Himes say was his advantage over the other black convicts?
(a) He knew how to talk to a white man.
(b) He had learned practical skills.
(c) He had lived outside the south.
(d) He knew his own mind.

5. What subject did Cheser's mother teach in Georgia?
(a) Science.
(b) Maths.
(c) History.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Himes say he wanted to become?

2. What did Himes' father teach at the Lincoln Institute?

3. Who does the narrator say he gets into a battle royal with?

4. Which of Wright's novels did Baldwin feel threatened by?

5. What is slang for a white nigger?

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