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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 woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?
(a) Madge.
(b) Petra.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jane.

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

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

4. What color is the white boy's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

5. In which state was Himes born?
(a) Missouri.
(b) New York.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is Himes derived from?

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

3. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?

4. Who does Madge say she refuses to work with?

5. What is slang for a white nigger?

(see the answer key)

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