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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?
(a) The Hot Kitchen.
(b) The Devil's Den.
(c) The Black Cat.
(d) Sticks and Stones.

4. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?
(a) "Above and Beyond."
(b) "In Tune with Earth and Skies."
(c) "Unconquered and Unconquerable."
(d) "The Water Whisperers."

5. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1799.

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

7. The narrator states in the Prologue, "I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when" what (18)?
(a) "We've been oppressed."
(b) "We've been falsely accused of a crime."
(c) "We have paid our debts to society."
(d) "We've actually done something wrong."

8. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Beegees.
(b) The Who.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) Neil Young.

9. 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 Path to Enlightenment.
(b) The Planning of Change.
(c) The Blue Future of Life.
(d) The Faith and the Fury.

10. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
(a) An egalitarian empire.
(b) A romantic failure.
(c) An unwavering democracy.
(d) A dysfunctional plutocracy.

11. The narrator states in the Prologue, "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never" what (3)?
(a) "Been in jail."
(b) "Killed anyone."
(c) "Gone fishing."
(d) "Stolen anything."

12. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?
(a) "The royal stare."
(b) "The Willowbrook Avenue Stare."
(c) "The Crip-side stare."
(d) "The Roosevelt Avenue Stare."

13. 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) Urban legend.
(c) An honest truth.
(d) A conspiracy.

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

15. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Jurisprudence.
(b) Lycanthropy.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Panglossian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?

2. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?

3. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?

4. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?

5. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?

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