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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jones wake up at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) His apartment.
(b) Alice's house.
(c) The shipyard infirmary.
(d) The shipyard prison.

2. What does Jones say he feels has crushed him at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) A truck.
(b) A car.
(c) A steel door.
(d) A horse.

3. What does Jones think Don is telling him?
(a) Madge is a prostitute.
(b) Madge wants to have sex with him.
(c) He could get Madge fired.
(d) Madge is roundly disliked.

4. What is the name of Himes' autobiography?
(a) The Quality of Hurt.
(b) Oppressed.
(c) Calling Out.
(d) An Unheard Voice.

5. What does the narrator say caught him in Manchester?
(a) A red light.
(b) A traffic queue.
(c) A truck.
(d) A cop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones dream about in Chapter 22?

2. What race was Chester's grandfather's slaveholder?

3. Why does Alice say she will not be seeing Jones in the future?

4. Who do Jones and his friends say they should be fighting?

5. What kind of act does Jones say Madge goes into when he meets her at the end of Chapter 15?

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