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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children call Baldwin when he first arrives in the Swiss village?
(a) Black man.
(b) Neger.
(c) Poor man.
(d) Negro.

2. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?
(a) Sixteen Kilometers.
(b) Ten Kilometers.
(c) Twelve Kilometers.
(d) Fourteen Kilometers.

3. What have some of the men in the Swiss village accused Baldwin of doing?
(a) Being the devil.
(b) Stealing firewood.
(c) Talking badly about their religion.
(d) Dating some of the women in the Swiss village.

4. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) During slavery.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1900.
(d) It is unknown.

5. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?
(a) The eighth child was born.
(b) The seventh child was born.
(c) The ninth child was born.
(d) The tenth child was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin claim that the soldiers who studied in Paris had in common with the rest of the soliders that fought in the war?

2. Which group did Baldwin mention as living together in groups - in the same neighborhoods and student hotels - while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

3. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?

4. What was the profession of Baldwin's father?

5. Where does Baldwin think the older brothers and sisters in the Swiss village go to school?

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