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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 – Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he had to go in order to track down Cipriano "Candy" Marinez after he tried to flee his abusive family on horseback?
(a) Panorama City.
(b) Hollywood Hills.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Santa Monica.

2. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) The climate is too warm.
(b) The climate is too wet.
(c) The climate is too dry.
(d) The climate is too cold.

3. What is described in Chapter 23 as "Foy Cheshire's latest reimagined multicultural text" (253)?
(a) Of Rice and Yen.
(b) The Dopeman Cometh.
(c) Uncle Tom's Condo.
(d) Me Talk White One Day.

4. What did Marpessa throw at Foy Cheshire, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) An orange.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rock.
(d) An apple.

5. What does the narrator say that L.A. is about in Chapter 9?
(a) Space.
(b) Faith.
(c) Fumes.
(d) Bigotry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

2. For how long did Hominy claim he had been working as a slave for the narrator when talking to the police in Chapter 23?

3. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?

4. About how many people were at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals that the narrator describes in Chapter 19?

5. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

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