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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 – 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Stranger.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

2. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 06-5612.
(b) 25-1231.
(c) 656-231.
(d) 09-2606.

3. For whom did Chubsy-Ubsy have an unrequited love?
(a) Miss Constance.
(b) Miss Crabtree.
(c) Miss Darla.
(d) Miss Anna Marie.

4. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Batman.
(b) Green Lantern.
(c) Superman.
(d) Aquaman.

5. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) F-flat.
(b) G-sharp.
(c) F-sharp.
(d) B-sharp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students were in the narrator's graduating class in high school?

2. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

3. The narrator states in the Prologue, "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never" what (3)?

4. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?

5. What nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?

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