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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?
(a) Citrus Heights.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Saginaw.
(d) Boardwalk.

2. What does the narrator say is the "beauty of minstrelsy" in Chapter 15 (188)?
(a) Its overt racism.
(b) Its timelessness.
(c) Its irony.
(d) Its satire.

3. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
(a) A dysfunctional plutocracy.
(b) A romantic failure.
(c) An egalitarian empire.
(d) An unwavering democracy.

4. What is Hominy's last name?
(a) Smith.
(b) Williams.
(c) Me.
(d) Jenkins.

5. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Batman.
(b) Aquaman.
(c) Superman.
(d) Green Lantern.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the narrator give his last two satsuma mandarins in Chapter 15?

2. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?

3. Where was Oscar Zocalo lab partners with the narrator?

4. What diagnosis did Marpessa determine for the narrator when he was 18?

5. How large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?

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