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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) All's Well that Ends Well.
(d) Hamlet.
2. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Aquaman.
(b) Batman.
(c) Green Lantern.
(d) Superman.
3. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?
(a) Citrus Heights.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Saginaw.
(d) Boardwalk.
4. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) F-sharp.
(b) F-flat.
(c) G-sharp.
(d) B-sharp.
5. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?
(a) Jack-in-the-Box.
(b) In-N-Out Burger.
(c) Five Guys Burgers.
(d) Rob Roy Burger.
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 get-together."
(b) "A pot-luck."
(c) "A gathering."
(d) "A 'function'."
7. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 656-231.
(b) 25-1231.
(c) 06-5612.
(d) 09-2606.
8. 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 Black Cat.
(b) The Hot Kitchen.
(c) Sticks and Stones.
(d) The Devil's Den.
9. How large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?
(a) 3,573 square miles.
(b) 6,434 square miles.
(c) 2,345 square miles.
(d) 4,084 square miles.
10. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.
11. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Lycanthropy.
12. 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.
13. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?
(a) Archaic.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Magnetic.
(d) Epistolarian.
14. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Beegees.
(b) The Who.
(c) Neil Young.
(d) Michael Jackson.
15. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Kentucky.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?
2. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?
3. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?
4. What does the narrator describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?
5. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
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