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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 do Jones' co-workers joke about in Chapter 15?

2. Why does Elsie think God made colored people different from whites?

3. What is the name of Madge's supervisor?

4. Where is Jones at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. How does Jones feel when he wakes up from his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Alice's thoughts on segregation?

2. Describe the conversation between Alice and Jones.

3. Why does Jones decide not to confront Madge in Chapter 16?

4. What does MacDougal Jones in Chapter 20?

5. How does Jones get accused of rape in Chapter 20?

6. How does Jones think marriage to Alice will change him?

7. Why does Jones run away?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. How does Don help Jones in this section?

10. How does Madge react to Jones breaking into her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could it said that Jones makes own problems? What is Himes' views on Jones as a person and how does he express these views?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of life were black people leading in 1940s America? Choose one of the black characters in the book and discuss how that character symbolizes the changes occurring in forties America?

Essay Topic 3

How did the war affect how people thought of black people in America? How much did it contribute to the racial revolution over the next 30 years?

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