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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.
(b) That he earned it through employment
(c) That he got it by playing the lottery
(d) That he was selling drugs

2. Why is the narrator unable to say much about Clifton?
(a) He really didn't know much about him
(b) Too much about Clifton was negative
(c) The Brotherhood had limited his topics
(d) He had been given too little time for the speech

3. What does the narrator spontaneously decide to buy?
(a) a new suit
(b) a newspaper in hopes that it will explain recent events
(c) a black dancing doll
(d) a pair of new shoes

4. What does Westrum use as evidence that the narrator is only trying to promote himself?
(a) The narrator's refusal to conduct business the way Westrum wanted it.
(b) The repeated meetings with Hambro
(c) The chain on the narrator's desk
(d) The article in a magazine that resulted from a personal interview with the narrator

5. What decision does the narrator accept for the time period that will be needed to clear the charges against him?
(a) He decides to go out on his own.
(b) He agrees to speak on the Woman Question
(c) He agrees to become inactive
(d) He insist on the continuation of his activities

6. Brother Jack wants the narrator to avoid underestimating what?
(a) the discipline of the organization
(b) the power of the organization
(c) the size of the organization
(d) the influence of the organization

7. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The people have burned down the district office
(b) The police have taken over.
(c) The community is in a riot
(d) The Brotherhood has taken over.

8. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17
(a) early in the morning
(b) 5:00 PM
(c) Noon
(d) Midnight

9. What kind of day is it on the day of Clifton's funeral?
(a) warm and exhilarating
(b) Hot and humid
(c) Cold and rainy
(d) Cold and windy

10. What awakens the narrator in Chapter 15?
(a) People banging on the steam line because there is no heat.
(b) The sound of people talking.
(c) The smell of breakfast cooking.
(d) Someone pounding at the door.

11. What vision comes to the narrator's mind when he sees the elderly couple being evicted?
(a) His grandfather on his death bed
(b) the Battle Royal
(c) His mother hanging out the wash
(d) Mr. Trueblood's two pregnant women

12. What truth about the Brotherhood does the narrator realize in Chapter 20?
(a) That their efforts are unappreciated
(b) That great strides have already been made
(c) That the Brotherhood is about to disappear
(d) That very little has been accomplished

13. Why was Brother Tarp on a chain gang?
(a) Because he had lied to white people
(b) Because he had dared to say the word no.
(c) Because he had betrayed his people
(d) Because he had betrayed his white master

14. For whom does the Brotherhood claim to work?
(a) all people
(b) Black people
(c) Those of their own party
(d) White people

15. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?
(a) He is an accepted leader
(b) He is actually powerless
(c) He is secretly admired
(d) He has earned a lot of respect and status

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brother Jack send the narrator at the end of the meeting?

2. What does the narrator discover about Jack?

3. The narrator's anger is primarily focuses against

4. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?

5. What is in the narrator's briefcase?

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