Rite of Passage by Richard Wright: Chapter One Reading Comprehension Quiz Instructions: Answer each question in a complete sentence.

1) What is the protagonist’s name? *
2) In what city does chapter one begin? *
3) What type of student is the protagonist? Recall and provide an example from chapter one of the text to prove your response. *
4) Where is the protagonist invited to go at night? What is the name of the friend who invites the protagonist out? *
5) What does the protagonist FIRST discover when he arrives home? *
Read the following passage:“‘Did you tell ‘im, Ma?’ Big Sis asked in a waiting, hushed tone. His mother looked at him, then back at Big Sis. Then the two women rushed into each other’s arms, sobbing fiercely. With numbed fingers {the protagonist} laid his knife down, his hand trembling with alarm. Something was dreadfully wrong and they were hiding it from him. Where was Buddy? Had his brother come home from work yet? Yes, Buddy would tell him what was wrong.” (Page 10-11)
Based on the passage above and what followed in the plot, answer questions 6-8 below:
6) The narrator tells the reader that the protagonist believes “they” are hiding something from him. Are “they” hiding something from him? *
7) What is the protagonist told? *
8) How does the protagonist react to what he is told? *

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