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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?
(a) $430.
(b) $200.
(c) $129.
(d) $95.

3. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?
(a) Anna Waters.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Marie Wilson.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

4. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?
(a) Hollywood Hills Community College.
(b) West Riverside Community College.
(c) South Los Angeles Community College.
(d) Citrus Heights Community College.

5. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

6. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?
(a) 42.
(b) 35.
(c) 23.
(d) 59.

7. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 656-231.
(b) 06-5612.
(c) 09-2606.
(d) 25-1231.

8. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?
(a) 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
(b) 12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
(c) 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
(d) 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

9. Who is the dominatrix that Hominy frequented at the BDSM club?
(a) Miss Dorothy.
(b) Miss Marie.
(c) Miss Anna.
(d) Miss Sarah.

10. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?
(a) Jean Genet.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Erich Maria Remarque.

11. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) The Trial.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

12. Why did the narrator claim poor people were the best drivers?
(a) Because they drive stolen cars.
(b) Because they cannot afford insurance.
(c) Because they are talking on phones.
(d) Because they are hiding from the law.

13. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?
(a) Rapid Transit District.
(b) Road Transportation Department.
(c) Railway Transport Department.
(d) Road Transfer Division.

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

15. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?
(a) Marpessa Delissa Dawson.
(b) Angela Dean Patterson.
(c) Charisma Molina.
(d) Emily Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wheezer when he died?

2. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the hairstyles of the Justices when they enter the courtroom in the Prologue (19)?

5. Who killed the narrator's father?

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