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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Who.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Neil Young.
(d) The Beegees.

2. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Jean Genet.
(b) Robert Forster.
(c) James White.
(d) Jean Piaget.

3. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1868.

4. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?
(a) "All But Defeated."
(b) "American Board of Dentists."
(c) "All Bewarned and Die."
(d) "All But Dead."

5. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?

2. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?

3. Who killed the narrator's father?

4. The narrator states in the Prologue, "Be it ancient Rome or modern-day America, you're either citizen or" what (5)?

5. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?

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