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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down by the Riverside," Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city will Will take Big Boy and Bobo to in the morning?
(a) Seattle
(b) Washington
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

2. Who do the boys make fun of in the water?
(a) Buck
(b) Harvey
(c) Big Boy
(d) Lester

3. Why do the whites refer to the castrated bellboy as lucky?
(a) He can't get in trouble with white girls again
(b) He was allowed to live
(c) He was given money
(d) He had sex with a white girl

4. What does Mann want Bob to buy?
(a) A bike
(b) A boat
(c) A doctor
(d) Fur jackets

5. Who approaches them when the boys get out of the water?
(a) A soldier
(b) Harvey
(c) A police officer
(d) A white woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wright use to deliver the groceries?

2. Who is the first person Big Boys tells about what happened?

3. What is the matter with Wright's bicycle in this chapter?

4. What kind of neighborhood does Wright deliver groceries to?

5. What does the white man force a black bellboy to do when the white man gets the girl pregnant?

(see the answer key)

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