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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 date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) June 17, 1859.
(b) May 13, 1832.
(c) May 12, 1965.
(d) October 17, 1838.

2. 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.

3. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?
(a) "Runnin' a gang."
(b) "Slaveholdin'."
(c) "Burying people."
(d) "Calling home."

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

5. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?

2. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?

3. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?

4. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?

5. The narrator states in the Prologue, "I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when" what (18)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator remark about mottos in the Prologue?

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

4. How did the narrator's father die?

5. Who is Hampton Fiske and how is he described?

6. How is the character of King Cuz described?

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

8. What is the definition of satire and how does satire apply to The Sellout?

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

10. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

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