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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "City Lites: An Interlude" – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?
(a) Anna Waters.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Marie Wilson.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

2. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?
(a) "Slaveholdin'."
(b) "Calling home."
(c) "Runnin' a gang."
(d) "Burying people."

3. Where does the narrator say he had to go in order to track down Cipriano "Candy" Marinez after he tried to flee his abusive family on horseback?
(a) Hollywood Hills.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Panorama City.

4. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Lycanthropy.
(d) Jurisprudence.

5. How did Pete the Pup die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) He swallowed an alarm clock.
(c) He choked on a bottle lid.
(d) Brain aneuryism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?

2. What is described as the sister city to Tel Aviv in "City Lites, An Interlude"?

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

4. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?

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?

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