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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. At what time each day on Monday through Friday would Hominy appear by the narrator's truck to segregate Dickens in Chapter 20?
2. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?
3. What does the narrator describe in Chapter 20 as "a thirty-minute celebration of the wonders and contributions of the mysterious Caucasian race to the world of leisure" (226)?
4. The narrator describes his "usual postcoital position" as "rolled up into a ball like" what, in Chapter 17 (202)?
5. What adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the narrator's father attempt to demonstrate racism to him backfire in Chapter 13?
2. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?
3. How does the narrator respond to the autographed book he receives in Chapter 19? What is the book?
4. Whom did Marpessa marry after leaving the narrator? How has her life changed?
5. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?
6. Who is Jon McJones and where does the narrator encounter him?
7. How is the narrator's satsuma tree employed as a symbol in the novel?
8. Why does the narrator say he was reluctant to segregate the hospital in Chapter 20?
9. Why do the neighborhood children gather in the narrator's yard in Chapter 15?
10. How does the narrator define sister cities in "City Lites: An Interlude"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss depictions of racism in popular entertainment in The Sellout. What television shows, films, commercials, etc. are referenced or alluded to by the narrator? What racism or racist attitudes are described in these examples?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Sellout. From what perspective is the story related? Is the narrative related in the present, past, or future tense? Who is the presumed audience of the narrative?
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