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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 does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?
(a) "Washing my car."
(b) "Harvesting corn and potatoes."
(c) "Watching me work."
(d) "Picking cotton."

2. How much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?
(a) Two years older.
(b) Ten years older.
(c) Three years older.
(d) Four years older.

3. What did Hominy call the opposite of white flight in Chapter 12 (170)?
(a) "White magnetism."
(b) "The Ku Klux influx."
(c) "Reverse gentrification."
(d) "Forced integration."

4. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?
(a) Jack-in-the-Box.
(b) In-N-Out Burger.
(c) Five Guys Burgers.
(d) Rob Roy Burger.

5. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?
(a) Curtis Baxter.
(b) Sheila Clark.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Susan Silverman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Foy Cheshire as defiantly marching to his car as if he were leaving where under siege in Chapter 16?

2. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?

3. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?

4. 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)?

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

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