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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do the yams symbolize?
(a) The narrator's past
(b) The narrator's ability to please himself
(c) The purity of the old south
(d) The narrator's future
2. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as
(a) an insult
(b) a gesture of seduction
(c) a word of advice
(d) a compliment
3. What is the narrator accused of when he tries to dispose of the figurine?
(a) theft
(b) littering
(c) stupidity
(d) drug dealing
4. What had the narrator's grandfather learned to accept?
(a) Humanity
(b) The destiny of his race
(c) The situation placed upon him by whites
(d) The futility of fighting the ruling majority
5. How does the narrator plan to overcome the white men of the Brotherhood?
(a) by appearing to agree with them
(b) by standing up to them
(c) by parting company with them
(d) by helping his own group take over the leadership positions
6. What surprising development does the narrator experience when he attends a committee meeting?
(a) He is accused of betrayal
(b) He is urged to speak
(c) He is refused admission
(d) He is ordered to sever his membership
7. What does the narrator purchase in Chapter 13 that reminds him of home?
(a) a picture
(b) a yam
(c) a newspaper
(d) pork sausage and grits
8. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17
(a) 5:00 PM
(b) early in the morning
(c) Midnight
(d) Noon
9. The narrator wants Clifton's funeral to focus on which of the following?
(a) His accomplishments as part of the Brotherhood
(b) what his loss will mean to the Brotherhood
(c) The meaning of his life
(d) The acts that led to his death
10. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That he was selling drugs
(b) That he earned it through employment
(c) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.
(d) That he got it by playing the lottery
11. Why is Brother Westrum opposed to the piece of chain on the narrator's desk?
(a) Because it is a reminder of slavery
(b) Because it shows a tendency to cling to the past
(c) Because it symbolically denies the possibility of equality
(d) Because it shows difference instead of unity
12. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The police have taken over.
(b) The people have burned down the district office
(c) The community is in a riot
(d) The Brotherhood has taken over.
13. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?
(a) It's a reminder of the south
(b) The narrator has asked for it.
(c) She thinks it will please the narrator.
(d) It's all she can afford
14. Why does the narrator try to hide the figurine from Mary?
(a) Because he wants to take it to the Brotherhood
(b) Because he has broken it
(c) Because he thinks it is unworthy of her
(d) Because he is trying to steal it
15. How does the narrator react to the dolls that are being sold by Clifton?
(a) He spits on one of the dolls
(b) He purchases a doll
(c) He laughs at the dolls
(d) He calls the police
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?
2. What is it that people like Jack, Bledsoe and Norton have refused to do?
3. Why does the narrator remain in his hole for a long while?
4. How does the narrator's meeting with Sybil backfire?
5. The narrator's anger is primarily focuses against
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