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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jones drop off the white hitchhikers?
(a) The casino.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) The football stadium.
(d) The bingo hall.

2. What city did the narrator move to in 1941?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

5. What does Himes do to protect him from the screws and the convicts?
(a) Act.
(b) Write.
(c) Paint.
(d) Trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones describe Alice as in Chapter 11?

2. What is the name of the woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?

3. How does the narrator describe the color of Alice's hair?

4. What does Jones put in the glove compartment of his car?

5. What is Alice's father's title?

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