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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jones phone from Hazel's house?
(a) Don.
(b) Edda.
(c) Alice.
(d) Herbie.

2. What does Herbie say is the only thing he wants?
(a) Peace.
(b) Calm.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

3. Where is Elsie from?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Mississippi.

4. What does Don needle Madge about?
(a) Her make-up.
(b) Her upbringing.
(c) Her love of black men.
(d) A date with her new boyfriend.

5. Who does Jones say the union has never supported?
(a) The immigrants.
(b) The white workers.
(c) The lowly workers.
(d) The black workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Elsie related to Madge?

2. What does Jones pick up as a weapon before he confronts the white boy?

3. What is Jones shocked to learn when he arrives at the security office?

4. Who does Jones find Madge with in Chapter 18?

5. What does Jones dream about in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jones say Madge makes him feel in this section?

2. How does Jones get drafted into the army?

3. What does Jones talk about with Herbie?

4. How does Jones finds himself at the San Pedro precinct in Chapter 21?

5. What does Jones dream about in Chapter 22?

6. Why does Jones and his co-workers think the blacks should not join the army?

7. Summarize the novel.

8. What does Jones tell Alice about his fears in Chapter 19?

9. How does Don help Jones in this section?

10. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

(see the answer keys)

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