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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Alfred's boss at his job?
(a) Mr Johnson.
(b) Mr. Epstein.
(c) Mr. Brooks.
(d) Mr. Streeter.

2. In literature, what is the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Simile.

3. Who walks into the store and asks if Alfred is going to go to the gym in Chapter 5?
(a) Lou.
(b) Henry.
(c) Harold.
(d) Lynn.

4. In Chapter 4, there is a speaker on the street corner telling the black people to do what?
(a) Vote next week.
(b) Love their neighbors.
(c) Keep the neighborhood clean.
(d) Fight back against whites.

5. What caused the limp that Henry has in the novel?
(a) Polio.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Syphillis.
(d) AIDS.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alfred going with his cousins and aunt in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What does Alfred remember on his way home that he wishes he could warn his best friend about in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Alfred end up going for the first time in Chapter 2?

4. Who stops Alfred to question him in Chapter 5?

5. When was author Robert Lipsyte born?

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