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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 – Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color jumpsuit did Hampton Fiske change into during the dinner break in Chapter 24?
(a) Ochre.
(b) Aquamarine.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Chartreuse.

2. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a tomblike monument to someone buried elsewhere?
(a) Cenotaph.
(b) Monacle.
(c) Scrivener.
(d) Epitaph.

3. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "Up or down?"
(b) "White boy, stop."
(c) "Where we going?"
(d) "Westside, nigger! What?"

4. What was the latest of Foy Cheshire's novel adaptations that he passed around at the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meeting in Chapter 19?
(a) The Cat and the Cancer.
(b) The Adventures of Tom Soarer.
(c) The Dopeman Cometh.
(d) The Mob Gang.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 19 refers to a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland as a weapon?

2. In the narrator's fantasy in Chapter 17, who does he describe telling Marpessa, "When you see Bonbon, the Cosmic Sellout and your one true love, cast down your panties where you are" (209)?

3. Why did the narrator claim poor people were the best drivers?

4. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?

5. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

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