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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 the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1994.

2. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(b) On Rockefeller Street.
(c) On the Avenue of America.
(d) On Constitution Avenue.

3. What does the narrator describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?
(a) The Blue Room.
(b) The Black Chamber.
(c) The Bastille Room.
(d) The Red Room.

4. By what name does the narrator say he calls his marijuana in Chapter 11?
(a) Nepotism.
(b) Blue Dream.
(c) Perspicacity.
(d) Panglossian.

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) Nepotism.
(b) Lycanthropy.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Egalitarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator claim poor people were the best drivers?

2. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?

3. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

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

5. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?

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