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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Kitty Genovese's.
(b) Patricia Smith's.
(c) Sarah Greenway's.
(d) Paul Wilkinson's.

2. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Anne of Green Gables.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

3. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Jurisprudence.
(c) Panglossian.
(d) Lycanthropy.

4. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?
(a) Emily Williams.
(b) Angela Dean Patterson.
(c) Charisma Molina.
(d) Marpessa Delissa Dawson.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 7 that "One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called" what (93-94)?
(a) "A pot-luck."
(b) "A 'function'."
(c) "A gathering."
(d) "A get-together."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

3. What does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?

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

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

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