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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "City Lites: An Interlude" – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?
(a) 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
(b) 12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
(c) 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
(d) 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

2. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) A social scientist.
(c) An English professor.
(d) A history professor.

3. How large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?
(a) 3,573 square miles.
(b) 4,084 square miles.
(c) 6,434 square miles.
(d) 2,345 square miles.

4. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Epistolarian.
(c) Archaic.
(d) Magnetic.

5. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Trial.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) The Stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Pete the Pup die?

2. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

4. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?

5. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?

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