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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 does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?
(a) Sheep baa-ing.
(b) The Watergate tapes.
(c) Slot machines playing.
(d) Ocean waves.

2. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.

3. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?
(a) To attain free healthcare.
(b) To marry a white woman.
(c) To escape slavery.
(d) To dodge the draft.

4. 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 gathering."
(b) "A get-together."
(c) "A 'function'."
(d) "A pot-luck."

5. 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) Charisma Molina.
(c) Marpessa Delissa Dawson.
(d) Angela Dean Patterson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 18 that "the university apple orchards in Geneva, New York, are to the black market apple trade what Medellin, Columbia, is to" what (212)?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

4. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?

5. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?

(see the answer key)

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