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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 7 that "One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called" what (93-94)?
(a) "A 'function'."
(b) "A get-together."
(c) "A gathering."
(d) "A pot-luck."

2. What is Foy Cheshire's definition of WME in Chapter 19?
(a) Weapon of Mass Endowment.
(b) Weapon of Mass Education.
(c) Weapon of Mass Emasculation.
(d) Weapon of Mass Enlightenment.

3. 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) "Heroin."
(b) "Cocaine."
(c) "Marijuana."
(d) "Peyote."

4. What does the narrator describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?
(a) The Blue Room.
(b) The Black Chamber.
(c) The Red Room.
(d) The Bastille Room.

5. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?
(a) Memory.
(b) A dream.
(c) A people.
(d) Time's passing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?

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

3. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?

4. For whom did Chubsy-Ubsy have an unrequited love?

5. What magazine was King Cuz flipping through when the narrator sat next to him at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals in Chapter 19?

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