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

2. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?
(a) To marry a white woman.
(b) To escape slavery.
(c) To attain free healthcare.
(d) To dodge the draft.

3. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?
(a) 42.
(b) 35.
(c) 23.
(d) 59.

4. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?
(a) "American Board of Dentists."
(b) "All But Dead."
(c) "All But Defeated."
(d) "All Bewarned and Die."

5. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?
(a) The Carlton Academy.
(b) The Wilson Academy.
(c) The Roosevelt Academy.
(d) The Wheaton Academy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wheezer when he died?

2. The narrator states in the Prologue, "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never" what (3)?

3. For whom did Chubsy-Ubsy have an unrequited love?

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

5. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?

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