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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie does the narrator describe starring Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in Chapter 14?
(a) The Kid.
(b) Modern Times.
(c) The Great Dictator.
(d) Green Lantern.

2. 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) "Heroin."
(c) "Marijuana."
(d) "Peyote."

3. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?
(a) Thursdays and Fridays.
(b) Saturdays and Sundays.
(c) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
(d) Mondays and Tuesdays.

4. What did Hominy call the opposite of white flight in Chapter 12 (170)?
(a) "The Ku Klux influx."
(b) "White magnetism."
(c) "Forced integration."
(d) "Reverse gentrification."

5. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Impugn.
(c) Align.
(d) Lycanthropy.

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

7. Where is Charisma Molina an assistant principal?
(a) Wilson Middle School.
(b) Chaff Middle School.
(c) Smith Middle School.
(d) Wheaton Academy.

8. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1948.

9. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) The climate is too warm.
(b) The climate is too cold.
(c) The climate is too wet.
(d) The climate is too dry.

10. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?
(a) The Ice-tea Cometh.
(b) The Gangsta Cometh.
(c) The White-Man Cometh.
(d) The Dopeman Cometh.

11. How much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Four years older.
(c) Two years older.
(d) Ten years older.

12. What did Foy Cheshire retitle The Great Gatsby as?
(a) The Great Gary.
(b) The Great Contraption.
(c) The Great Blacksby.
(d) The Great Emancipation.

13. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

14. At what time each day on Monday through Friday would Hominy appear by the narrator's truck to segregate Dickens in Chapter 20?
(a) 2:00 p.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 p.m.

15. What does the narrator say has more "motion of the ocean" than him in Chapter 17 (201)?
(a) "A pier overlooking the sea."
(b) "A plate of day-old sashimi."
(c) "A fat man in a flat boat."
(d) "A cotton-picking slave."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who directed the film The Ten Commandments?

2. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?

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

4. When did Charisma Molina's family move to Los Angeles?

5. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?

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