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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

4. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?

5. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the black woman slap the narrator in the Prologue?

2. Where does the narrator describe taking Hominy for "beatings" each Thursday?

3. How did the community respond when the narrator began his process of marking the boundaries of Dickens?

4. How does the narrator describe his father in Chapter 1?

5. How do the members of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals respond to the narrator's proposal to restore the City of Dickens?

6. How does the narrator encounter Marpessa in Chapter 9? What emerges in their meeting?

7. How is the character of King Cuz described?

8. What happened on the occasions where the narrator attempted to emancipate Hominy?

9. Why does Foy Cheshire reimagine and adapt classic novels like Huckleberry Finn?

10. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Foy Cheshire in The Sellout. How would you describe Foy's relationship with the protagonist? What are Foy's actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story? What becomes of Foy in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What charges have brought the narrator to the U.S. Supreme Court? How are the Justices of the Court described? How doe the Judges perceive the narrator and his crimes?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Marpessa Dawson. How does Marpessa know the narrator? How would you describe their relationship? What is Marpessa's profession?

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