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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 is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?
(a) The Beach.
(b) The East-Side.
(c) The Hills.
(d) The Dons.

2. Who was the founder of Portland, Oregon?
(a) Erich Maria Remarque.
(b) Jon McJones.
(c) William Overton.
(d) Jean Piaget.

3. What latest public-access show of Foy Cheshire's had just been cancelled in Chapter 19?
(a) Black Republic.
(b) Black Checker.
(c) Black Stand.
(d) Black Talk.

4. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) Mr. Edmunds.
(b) Mr. Wililams.
(c) Mr. Jenkins.
(d) Miss Smart.

5. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?
(a) Egalitarianism.
(b) Nepotism.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Lycanthropy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?

3. What did Hominy call the opposite of white flight in Chapter 12 (170)?

4. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?

5. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?

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