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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) Anne of Green Gables.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?
(a) Urban legend.
(b) An honest truth.
(c) A conspiracy.
(d) A bald-faced lie.

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

4. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?
(a) 10:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?

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

3. What does the narrator say that L.A. is about in Chapter 9?

4. Who killed the narrator's father?

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

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