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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?
(a) The Meralta.
(b) The Sagan.
(c) The Carlton.
(d) The Roxy.

2. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?
(a) Egalitarianism.
(b) Lycanthropy.
(c) Nepotism.
(d) Jurisprudence.

3. Of "Little Scotty Beckett," the narrator says, "Scotty was a big-eyed Rascal who used to run with" whom, in Chapter 6 (84)?
(a) Buckwheat.
(b) Fat Albet.
(c) Spanky.
(d) Hominy.

4. What caused Buckwheat's death?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Lymphoma.
(d) Cirrhosis of the liver.

5. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Blue Future of Life.
(b) The Path to Enlightenment.
(c) The Faith and the Fury.
(d) The Planning of Change.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wheezer when he died?

2. The narrator describes Foy Cheshire as defiantly marching to his car as if he were leaving where under siege in Chapter 16?

3. How does the narrator refer to Hominy as he accompanied him in driving around town in Chapter 20?

4. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?

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)?

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