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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1994.

2. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?
(a) Italy.
(b) Austria.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

3. How does the narrator translate "Cogito, ergo Boogieum" to English in Chapter 14 (183)?
(a) "I think, therefore I jam."
(b) "I think, therefore I run."
(c) "I think, therefore I am."
(d) "I think, therere I dance."

4. The narrator asserts in Chapter 18 that "the university apple orchards in Geneva, New York, are to the black market apple trade what Medellin, Columbia, is to" what (212)?
(a) "Cocaine."
(b) "Peyote."
(c) "Marijuana."
(d) "Heroin."

5. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On the Avenue of America.
(b) On Constitution Avenue.
(c) On Rockefeller Street.
(d) On Roosevelt Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?

2. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?

3. What free alcoholic beverage was supplied at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals described by the author in Chapter 19?

4. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?

5. How did Pete the Pup die?

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