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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Himes' mother encourage her sons to do so they wouldn't grow flat?
(a) Jump up and down.
(b) Hold their burps.
(c) Pull their ears.
(d) Pinch their noses.

2. What does Alice say she wants to do instead of go home?
(a) Have some fun.
(b) Make out.
(c) Drive to another city.
(d) Hurt some white people.

3. What restaurant does Jones go to after his argument with Alice?
(a) The Red Room.
(b) The Live Room.
(c) The Beat Room.
(d) The Rest Room.

4. What does Black Boy kill Marie with?
(a) An axe.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A screw driver.
(d) A shiv.

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

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

7. What does Jones discover one of his purchases has turned into?
(a) A pen.
(b) An ax.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

8. How does Jones say Alice drives through the city?
(a) As if she was in labor.
(b) As if something was after her.
(c) As if she wanted to die.
(d) As if she was possessed.

9. What country did Himes move to with Lesley Packard?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Britain.

10. What does the narrator carry his muscle as high as?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His ears.
(c) His forehead.
(d) His chin.

11. Who does Jones say he wants to kill?
(a) The plant's Mr. Tom.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Madge.
(d) The blond white boy.

12. What is the name of the woman the supervisor directs the narrator to?
(a) Anna.
(b) Petra.
(c) Madge.
(d) Jane.

13. What does the narrator say he doesn't have to marry?
(a) Love.
(b) Unhappiness.
(c) Race.
(d) Emotions.

14. Where was Chester Himes in 1953?
(a) Paris.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

15. What does Himes say he wanted to become?
(a) A traveler.
(b) A southern man.
(c) An academic.
(d) A real man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones describe as a frightening conversation?

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

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

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

5. Why does Alice hang up on Jones?

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