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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the three signs presented by the narrator was the one that was most chosen by the small-business people of Dickens in Chapter 20 (225)?
(a) "No Whites Allowed."
(b) "Blacks Only."
(c) "Latino, Asian, and Black Only."
(d) "Black, Asian, and Latino Only."

2. 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) Saturdays and Sundays.
(b) Mondays and Tuesdays.
(c) Thursdays and Fridays.
(d) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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

4. When did Charisma Molina's family move to Los Angeles?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1954.

5. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) New York University.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Berkeley College.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who directed the film The Ten Commandments?

2. What was the latest of Foy Cheshire's novel adaptations that he passed around at the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meeting in Chapter 19?

3. How much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?

4. What is the area of Harlem paired with by City Match?

5. What character wrote the book Mick, Please: The Black Irish Journey from Ghetto to Gaelic?

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