The Sellout Quiz

Paul Beatty

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Hominy attempt to reverse Civil Rights on the bus? (from The Shit You Shovel, Chapter 6 – Exact Change, or Zen and the Art of Bus Riding and Relationship Repair, Chapter 10)

By always sitting at the back of the bus.

By painting himself in blackface.

By traveling to white areas and campaigning for a repeal of the Civil Rights Acts.

By finding a white woman to give his seat up to.

2.

For what reason is the narrator on trial at the Supreme Court? (from Prologue – The Shit You Shovel: Chapter 5)

Owning a slave.

Hurling racist language at a group of white women.

Refusing service at a restaurant to an Asian woman.

Performing in blackface.

3.

Why does the narrator worry about putting up a segregation sign at the hospital? (from Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 16 – Apples and Oranges, Chapter 20)

It was named after Martin Luther King, Jr.

It was the one place outsiders might see his work.

It was owned and operated by Chinese doctors.

It is in the Latino section of town.

4.

What is the problem that Americans face in the present day? (from The Shit You Shovel, Chapter 6 – Exact Change, or Zen and the Art of Bus Riding and Relationship Repair, Chapter 10)

War.

Water scarcity.

Race.

Class.

5.

What kind of school is Wheaton Academy? (from Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 16 – Apples and Oranges, Chapter 20)

A facility for rehabilitating problem students.

An technical school specializing in trades that are traditionally white.

A whites-only institution.

An elite university that accepts only brilliant students.

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