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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who killed the narrator's father?
(a) Charisma.
(b) His brother.
(c) Marpessa.
(d) The police.

2. How did Pete the Pup die?
(a) He choked on a bottle lid.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Brain aneuryism.
(d) He swallowed an alarm clock.

3. How much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?
(a) Four years older.
(b) Two years older.
(c) Ten years older.
(d) Three years older.

4. How old was Wheezer when he died?
(a) 32.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 41.

5. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?
(a) The Wilson Academy.
(b) The Carlton Academy.
(c) The Roosevelt Academy.
(d) The Wheaton Academy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

2. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?

3. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

4. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?

5. What is the name of Marpessa's younger brother?

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