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

2. 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 falsely accused of a crime."
(b) "We have paid our debts to society."
(c) "We've actually done something wrong."
(d) "We've been oppressed."

3. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?
(a) Egalitarianism.
(b) Jurisprudence.
(c) Logic.
(d) Opulence.

4. What does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?
(a) "Washing my car."
(b) "Watching me work."
(c) "Picking cotton."
(d) "Harvesting corn and potatoes."

5. What is Hominy's last name?
(a) Me.
(b) Smith.
(c) Williams.
(d) Jenkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wheezer when he died?

2. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

3. The narrator states in the Prologue, "Be it ancient Rome or modern-day America, you're either citizen or" what (5)?

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

5. Who killed the narrator's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the unofficial leader of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals? How is he described?

3. When and where do the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meet?

4. Why does Foy Cheshire reimagine and adapt classic novels like Huckleberry Finn?

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

6. How is the narrative related in The Sellout? From what perspective is the story told?

7. Why does the black woman slap the narrator in the Prologue?

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

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

10. How is the narrator's home described? Where does he live?

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