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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?

2. Who is the dominatrix that Hominy frequented at the BDSM club?

3. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?

4. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

5. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the narrator's father die?

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

6. What are the three basic laws of ghetto physics that the narrator describes in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of satire and how it applies to The Sellout. What aspects of the novel's plot are satirical? In what ways? How does irony play a role in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of F. K. Me in The Sellout. What is this character's profession? How is his relationship with his son depicted? Do you think this character is portrayed as a protagonist or antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Dickens, California. Where is the long-lost City of Dickens located? Why was the city "deleted"? Where are the boundaries of the city and what is its proximity to other locations described in the greater Los Angeles area?

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