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                                    THE FIGHT
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                                       by
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                                 RICHARD WRIGHT
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.INF 1 (*PLEASE ENTER YOUR FIRST NAME : *) 
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     (.INF 1), you should have a piece of paper and a pen or pencil
     so as to takes notes.  These notes will be important through-
     out the program and for post-program exercises.
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WHEN YOU HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS...
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    After breakfast, Uncle Clark took me to school, introduced me
to the principal.  The first half of the school day passed without
incident.  I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the
lessons.  The subjects seemed simple, and I felt that I could keep
up.  My anxiety was still in me; I was wondering how I would get on
with the boys.  Each new school meant a new area of life to be
conquered.  Were the boys tough? How hard did they fight? I took it
for granted that they fought.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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Who is the first person the narrator meets?

@READ (*Type the name: *)
@RIGHT (*principal*) KEYWORD 
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Correct, (.INF 1), the principal
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The principal was the first person the narrator met, (.INF 1)!
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    After breakfast, Uncle Clark took me to school, introduced me
to the principal.  The first half of the school day passed without
incident.  I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the
lessons.  The subjects seemed simple, and I felt that I could keep
up.  My anxiety was still in me; I was wondering how I would get on
with the boys.  Each new school meant a new area of life to be
conquered.  Were the boys tough? How hard did they fight? I took it
for granted that they fought.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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The first half of the school day was ______.
a) horrible         b) the best    
c) uneventful       d) rainy

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*c*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), uneventful because it was without incident.
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(.INF 1), the first half of the day was uneventful, without
incident!

@END QUESTION
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    After breakfast, Uncle Clark took me to school, introduced me
to the principal.  The first half of the school day passed without
incident.  I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the
lessons.  The subjects seemed simple, and I felt that I could keep
up.  My anxiety was still in me; I was wondering how I would get on
with the boys.  Each new school meant a new area of life to be
conquered.  Were the boys tough? How hard did they fight? I took it
for granted that they fought.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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His greatest anxiety was about ______.
a) the reading book           b) the boys   
c) the principal              d) recess

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*b*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), the boys made him worry and give him anxiety.
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The boys caused the greatest anxiety: stress and worry, 
(.INF 1)!
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    After breakfast, Uncle Clark took me to school, introduced me
to the principal.  The first half of the school day passed without
incident.  I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the
lessons.  The subjects seemed simple, and I felt that I could keep
up.  My anxiety was still in me; I was wondering how I would get on
with the boys.  Each new school meant a new area of life to be
conquered.  Were the boys tough? How hard did they fight? I took it
for granted that they fought.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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New schools always meant _______.
a) a new area of life to be conquered  
b) new friends  
c) better reading books

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*a*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), a new area of life to be conquered!
@WRONG FINAL
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New schools meant a new area of life to be conquered, (.INF 1)!
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     At noon recess I went into the school grounds, and a group of
boys  sauntered up to me, looked at me from my head to my feet,
whispering among themselves.  I leaned against a wall, trying to
conceal my uneasiness.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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The boys ______ to the narrator.
a) rushed                     b) called   
c) sent a message             d) strolled    

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*d*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), they strolled, sauntered, to the narrator!
@WRONG FINAL
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The boys strolled as in sauntered to the narrator, (.INF 1)!
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     At noon recess I went into the school grounds, and a group of
boys  sauntered up to me, looked at me from my head to my feet,
whispering among themselves.  I leaned against a wall, trying to
conceal my uneasiness.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
@TRIES 2
The narrator was very calm and confident.

@READ (*Write True or False: *)
@RIGHT (*false*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), False because he tried to conceal his uneasi-
ness!
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The answer was FALSE because he tried to conceal his uneasiness,
(.INF 1)!
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    "Where you from?" a boy asked abruptly.
    "Jackson," I answered.
    "How come they make you people so ugly in Jackson?" he
demanded.
    There was loud laughter.
    "You're not any too good-looking yourself," I countered
instantly.
    "Oh!"
    "Aw!"
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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The boys refer to ______ to try to start something?
a) his mother
b) his clothes
c) the looks of the people from Jackson

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*c*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), the looks of the people from Jackson: ugly!
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The answer was the looks of the people from Jackson: ugly, 
(.INF 1)!
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    "You hear what he told 'im?"
    "You think you're smart, don't you?" the boy asked, sneering.
    "Listen, I aint picking a fight," I said.  "But if you want to
fight, I'll fight."
    "Hunh, hard guy, aint you?"
    "As hard as you."
    "Do you know who you can tell that to?" he asked me.
    "And you know who you can tell it back to?" I asked.
    "Are you talking about my mama?" he asked, edging forward.
    "If you want it that way," I said.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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These boys are having a pleasant conversation aren't they?
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@READ (*Write True or False: *)
@RIGHT (*False*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), they are not having a pleasant conversation!
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The answer is FALSE, this is not a pleasant conversation, (.INF 1)!
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    This was my test.  If I failed now, I would have failed at
school, for the first trial came not in books but in how one's
fellows took one, what value they placed upon one's willingness to
fight.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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Passing in school meant passing tests in _______.
a) reading          b) fighting    
c) speaking         d) writing

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Correct, (.INF 1), fighting!
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Passing in school meant passing tests in fighting, (.INF 1)!
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    This was my test.  If I failed now, I would have failed at
school, for the first trial came not in books but in how one's
fellows took one, what value they placed upon one's willingness to
fight.
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CONSIDER THIS PHRASE:  how one's fellows took one,
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Think about what this phrase means.
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Did you think about the phrase?
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    "Take back what you said," the boy challenged me.
    "Make me," I said.
    The crowd howled, sensing a fight.  The boy hesitated, weighing
his chances of beating me.
    "You ain't gonna take what that new boy said, is you?" someone
taunted the boy.
    The boy came close.  I stood my ground.  Our faces were four
inches apart.
    "You think I'm scared of you, don't you?" he asked.
    "I told you what I think," I said.
    Somebody, eager and afraid that we would not fight, pushed the
boy, and be bumped into me.  I shoved him away violently.
    "Dont push me!" the boy said.
    "Then keep off me!" I said.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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How far apart were the boys?
a) four feet        b) two inches    
c) three feet       d) four inches

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
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Correct, (.INF 1), four inches!
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The boys were four inches apart, (.INF 1)!
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    "Take back what you said," the boy challenged me.
    "Make me," I said.
    The crowd howled, sensing a fight.  The boy hesitated, weighing
his chances of beating me.
    "You ain't gonna take what that new boy said, is you?" someone
taunted the boy.
    The boy came close.  I stood my ground.  Our faces were four
inches apart.
    "You think I'm scared of you, don't you?" he asked.
    "I told you what I think," I said.
    Somebody, eager and afraid that we would not fight, pushed the
boy, and be bumped into me.  I shoved him away violently.
    "Dont push me!" the boy said.
    "Then keep off me!" I said.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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How do the boys come to bump?
a) someone pushed the boy into the narrator
b) someone pushed the narrator into the boy
c) the boy attacked the narrator
d) the narrator attacked the boy

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*a*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), someone pushes the boy into the narrator!
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Someone pushed the boy into the narrator, (.INF 1)!
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    He was pushed again, and I struck out with my right and caught
him in the mouth.  The crowd yelled, milled, surging so close that
I could barely lift my arm to land a blow.  When either of us tried
to strike the other, we would be thrown off balance by the
screaming boys.  Every blow landed elicited shouts of delight. 
Knowing that if I did not win or make a good showing, I would have
to fight a new boy each day, I fought tigerishly, trying to leave
a scar, seeking to draw blood as proof that I was not a coward,
that I could take care of myself.  The bell rang, and the crowd
pulled us apart. The fight seemed a draw.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
@TRIES 3
In "Every blow landed elicited shouts of delight", elicited means:
a) to write about        b) to go out   
c) to draw out           d) to draw together

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*c*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), "Elicited means to draw out!
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"Elicited" means to draw out, (.INF 1)!
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    He was pushed again, and I struck out with my right and caught
him in the mouth.  The crowd yelled, milled, surging so close that
I could barely lift my arm to land a blow.  When either of us tried
to strike the other, we would be thrown off balance by the
screaming boys.  Every blow landed elicited shouts of delight. 
Knowing that if I did not win or make a good showing, I would have
to fight a new boy each day, I fought tigerishly, trying to leave
a scar, seeking to draw blood as proof that I was not a coward,
that I could take care of myself.  The bell rang, and the crowd
pulled us apart.  The fight seemed a draw.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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The metaphor in this paragraph compares the fighting style of the
narrator to a___.

@READ (*Write the word: *)
@RIGHT (*tiger*) KEYWORD
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Correct, (.INF 1), to a tiger!
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The fighting style was compared to a tiger, (.INF 1)!
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    He was pushed again, and I struck out with my right and caught
him in the mouth.  The crowd yelled, milled, surging so close that
I could barely lift my arm to land a blow.  When either of us tried
to strike the other, we would be thrown off balance by the
screaming boys.  Every blow landed elicited shouts of delight. 
Knowing that if I did not win or make a good showing, I would have
to fight a new boy each day, I fought tigerishly, trying to leave
a scar, seeking to draw blood as proof that I was not a coward,
that I could take care of myself.  The bell rang, and the crowd
pulled us apart.  The fight seemed a draw.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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Who won the fight?
a) the boy          b) the narrator          c) no one

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@RIGHT (*c*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), no one won, it was a draw!
@WRONG FINAL
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The answer is no one won, it was a draw, (.INF 1)!
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    I ain't through with you!" the boy shouted.
    In the classroom the boys asked me questions about myself; I
was someone worth knowing.  When the bell rang for school to be
dismissed, I was set to  fight again, but the boy was not in sight.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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How do you know the narrator was accepted by the class boys?
a) the boys asked the narrator questions   
b) The  narrator thought "I was someone worth knowing".
c) both a & b
d) none of the above

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Correct, (.INF 1), both the boys asked the narrator questions and
the narrator was someone worth knowing!
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Both, the boys asked the narrator questions and the narrator was
someone worth knowing, (.INF 1)! 
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    On my way home I found a cheap ring in the streets, and at once
I knew what I was going to do with it.  The ring had a red stone
held by tiny prongs which I loosened, took the stone out, leaving
the sharp tiny prongs jutting up. I slid the ring on to my finger
and shadowboxed.  Now let a bully come, and I would show him how to
fight; I would leave a crimson streak on his face with every blow.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
@TRIES 3
The narrator was still scared of bullies.

@READ (*Write True or False: *)
@RIGHT (*False*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), False because he was almost overconfident!
@WRONG FINAL
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The answer was False. He was almost overconfident, (.INF 1)!
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     But I never had to use the ring.  After I had exhibited my new
weapon at school, a description of it spread among the boys.  I
challenged my enemy to another fight, but he would not respond. 
Fighting was now not necessary.  I had been accepted.
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@BEGIN QUESTION
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Why wasn't fighting necessary anymore for "me."
a) a description of the ring had spread  
b) the bully moved  
c) the narrator moved

@READ (*Select the correct letter: *)
@RIGHT (*a*) EXACT NOCASE
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Correct, (.INF 1), a description of the ring had spread around
school!
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Fighting was not necessary anymore because a description of the
ring had spread around school, (.INF 1)!
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                                      T H E

                                      E N D

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