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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jones describe Alice as in Chapter 11?
(a) A police woman.
(b) An academic.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A social worker.

2. What does Jones tell Alice he is desperate for her to understand?
(a) His longing.
(b) His past.
(c) His fear.
(d) His love.

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

4. What position does McDougall say he is demoting Jones to?
(a) Oil worker.
(b) Mover.
(c) Pipe fitter.
(d) Mechanic.

5. What does the note say that comes with the restaurant bill?
(a) Jones is not welcome back.
(b) The restaurant has a job opening.
(c) The restaurant has called the police.
(d) Jones will be lynched.

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

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

8. Where do the two patrol officers take Jones and Alice?
(a) Home.
(b) The police station.
(c) A forest.
(d) The lakes.

9. When does the narrator say he can give the man money for the dog?
(a) Monday.
(b) In an hour.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) Wednesday.

10. Where do Jones and Alice go shopping at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) A music store.
(b) A drugstore.
(c) A book store.
(d) A shoe store.

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

12. What is Alice's father's title?
(a) Dr.
(b) Professor.
(c) Lord.
(d) Sir.

13. Who does Madge say she refuses to work with?
(a) A nigger.
(b) A spick.
(c) A kiki.
(d) A paddy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What restaurant does Jones go to after his argument with Alice?

2. What did Himes steal from the wealthy elderly couple?

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

4. What is the supervisor's nationality?

5. Which of the girls in Alice's sitting room does Jones say has brown colored skin?

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