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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 – Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say that L.A. is about in Chapter 9?
(a) Space.
(b) Faith.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Fumes.

2. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?
(a) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
(b) Thursdays and Fridays.
(c) Saturdays and Sundays.
(d) Mondays and Tuesdays.

3. What did Foy Cheshire retitle The Great Gatsby as?
(a) The Great Gary.
(b) The Great Emancipation.
(c) The Great Contraption.
(d) The Great Blacksby.

4. What did Darla Hood die from in reality, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Hepatitis.

5. What is the name of the white boy who has come to support the narrator during his trial in Chapter 24?
(a) Paul.
(b) Mick.
(c) Adam.
(d) Jay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sorority are the girls members of that are described attending the racially offensive cartoon night in Chapter 22?

2. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?

3. What television show does Hampton Fiske say "Stage I Negroes" watch reruns of in Chapter 24 (275)?

4. 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?

5. What is described in Chapter 23 as "Foy Cheshire's latest reimagined multicultural text" (253)?

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