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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 month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) June.

2. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?
(a) Erich Maria Remarque.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Jean Genet.

3. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Watermelons.
(c) Candy.
(d) Oranges.

4. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?
(a) Epistolarian.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Monolithic.

5. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) Mr. Wililams.
(b) Mr. Jenkins.
(c) Mr. Edmunds.
(d) Miss Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Pete the Pup die?

2. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?

3. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?

4. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?

5. What character wrote the book Mick, Please: The Black Irish Journey from Ghetto to Gaelic?

(see the answer key)

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