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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) March.

3. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(b) On Rockefeller Street.
(c) On the Avenue of America.
(d) On Constitution Avenue.

4. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) October 17, 1838.
(b) June 17, 1859.
(c) May 13, 1832.
(d) May 12, 1965.

5. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?
(a) May 1.
(b) September 12.
(c) June 16.
(d) March 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the sister city to Tel Aviv in "City Lites, An Interlude"?

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 17 that "In the history of American black people, there have been only two with the complete inability to tell a joke" (205). Who, aside from the narrator's father is unable to tell a joke?

3. What did Hominy call the opposite of white flight in Chapter 12 (170)?

4. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?

5. What is Hominy's last name?

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