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

2. What word in Chapter 19 refers to a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland as a weapon?
(a) Capercallie.
(b) Claymore.
(c) Cairn.
(d) Shillelagh.

3. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) June 17, 1859.
(b) May 12, 1965.
(c) May 13, 1832.
(d) October 17, 1838.

4. How large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?
(a) 3,573 square miles.
(b) 2,345 square miles.
(c) 6,434 square miles.
(d) 4,084 square miles.

5. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?
(a) The police.
(b) Rumors of money.
(c) The newspaper headline.
(d) The smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?

2. Who was the founder of Portland, Oregon?

3. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

4. What city is described as "the City That Never Stops Bleeding" by the narrator in "City Lites, An Interlude"?

5. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?

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