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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Anne of Green Gables.

2. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.

3. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) A social scientist.
(c) An English professor.
(d) A history professor.

4. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?
(a) Sunshine Sammy.
(b) Alfalafa.
(c) Buckwheat.
(d) Spanky.

5. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Green Lantern.
(b) Batman.
(c) Aquaman.
(d) Superman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed the narrator's father?

2. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

3. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

4. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?

5. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe taking Hominy for "beatings" each Thursday?

2. Why does the narrator construct a highway sign with the name Dickens on it?

3. How does the narrator encounter Marpessa in Chapter 9? What emerges in their meeting?

4. How does the narrator describe Hominy's work on the farm in Chapter 6?

5. What happened on the occasions where the narrator attempted to emancipate Hominy?

6. How does the narrator describe Hominy's birthday celebration?

7. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

8. How do the members of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals respond to the narrator's proposal to restore the City of Dickens?

9. What setting is established in the novel's Prologue? How is it described?

10. How does the narrator describe his father in Chapter 1?

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