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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. Why does the narrator try to hide the figurine from Mary?
(a) Because he thinks it is unworthy of her
(b) Because he wants to take it to the Brotherhood
(c) Because he is trying to steal it
(d) Because he has broken it

2. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?
(a) The mixing of black and white
(b) Clifton's methods of leading the youth
(c) The idea of a black man speaking out for white people
(d) The narrator's street corner approach

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

4. What does Dupre want to do prior to starting the fire?
(a) have the fire department standing by
(b) give people a chance to get their belongings
(c) Make sure the building is evacuated
(d) contact the newspapers

5. What had the narrator's grandfather learned to accept?
(a) The situation placed upon him by whites
(b) The destiny of his race
(c) Humanity
(d) The futility of fighting the ruling majority

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Westrum use as evidence that the narrator is only trying to promote himself?

2. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as

3. What kind of day is it on the day of Clifton's funeral?

4. What is in the narrator's briefcase?

5. Why does the narrator remain in his hole for a long while?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strikes the narrator as the profound truth about the riot?

2. Describe one of the roles played by Rinehart.

3. The narrator says that he has learned that the lack of surprise is a warning. What does he mean?

4. In what way could the new shoes be symbolic?

5. How does the narrator really feel about the gift of the chain from Brother Tarp?

6. Why does Brother Jack defend the narrator at this point?

7. Explain why the "woman question" is typical of the Brotherhood's approach to issues.

8. Why do Dupre and his men choose a particular building to burn?

9. What puzzling irony does the narrator tell us about the human race?

10. What is the primary problem with the instructions given to the narrator to gather more members?

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