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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pass does Jones get at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What does Jones tell Alice he is desperate for her to understand?

3. What does the narrator say caught him in Manchester?

4. Who does Jones say the white girl is attracted to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Harrison think the black should deal with the white people?

2. What problems does Jones encounter with his boss MacDougal?

3. What problems does Jones have with the white boy?

4. How does Jones prepare to kill the white boy?

5. What does Jones feel like when he leaves Alice's house?

6. What does Jones say he thinks of his girlfriend Alice?

7. What does Himes say is the new variety of Uncle Toming?

8. What problems does Jones have with Leighton?

9. Why does Jones decide not to kill the white boy?

10. What was Himes' goal in life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Himes' work different from Wright's and Baldwin's? In what way is Himes' work equally relevant to his more famous counterparts'?

Essay Topic 2

How has racism oppressed Jones? What would Jones' life be like if his life had not been oppressed by racism?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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