View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?
(a) Smithson Academy.
(b) Wheaton Academy.
(c) Riverdale Academy.
(d) Intersection Academy.

2. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) UCLA.
(c) New York University.
(d) Berkeley College.

3. What word in Chapter 19 refers to a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland as a weapon?
(a) Shillelagh.
(b) Capercallie.
(c) Cairn.
(d) Claymore.

4. What diagnosis did Marpessa determine for the narrator when he was 18?
(a) Depressive Disorder.
(b) Social Anxiety Disorder.
(c) Attachment Disorder.
(d) Bipolar Disorder.

5. What city is described as "the City That Never Stops Bleeding" by the narrator in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Florence.

6. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?
(a) Nepotism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Lycanthropy.

7. What word in Chapter 18 is a chiefly South African word that is an insulting and contemptuous term for a black African?
(a) Jag.
(b) Kaffir.
(c) Kink.
(d) Lopo.

8. How does the narrator translate "Cogito, ergo Boogieum" to English in Chapter 14 (183)?
(a) "I think, therefore I jam."
(b) "I think, therere I dance."
(c) "I think, therefore I run."
(d) "I think, therefore I am."

9. What magazine was King Cuz flipping through when the narrator sat next to him at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals in Chapter 19?
(a) Lowrider magazine.
(b) Life magazine.
(c) People magazine.
(d) New Yorker magazine.

10. Where is Kinshasa located?
(a) The Appalachian Mountains.
(b) Haiti.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) The Pacific Coast Mountain Range.

11. Where does the narrator say he had to go in order to track down Cipriano "Candy" Marinez after he tried to flee his abusive family on horseback?
(a) Hollywood Hills.
(b) Panorama City.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Santa Monica.

12. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?
(a) Rumors of money.
(b) The police.
(c) The smell.
(d) The newspaper headline.

13. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?
(a) Nepotistic.
(b) Perspicacity.
(c) Monolithic.
(d) Ebullient.

14. What was the latest of Foy Cheshire's novel adaptations that he passed around at the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meeting in Chapter 19?
(a) The Dopeman Cometh.
(b) The Cat and the Cancer.
(c) The Mob Gang.
(d) The Adventures of Tom Soarer.

15. What did Marpessa throw at Foy Cheshire, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) A rock.
(b) An apple.
(c) A knife.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?

2. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?

3. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?

4. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

5. In the narrator's fantasy in Chapter 17, who does he describe telling Marpessa, "When you see Bonbon, the Cosmic Sellout and your one true love, cast down your panties where you are" (209)?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 541 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample