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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Align.
(c) Impugn.
(d) Lycanthropy.

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

4. The narrator asserts in Chapter 17 that "In the history of American black people, there have been only two with the complete inability to tell a joke" (205). Who, aside from the narrator's father is unable to tell a joke?
(a) Bill Cosby.
(b) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm X.

5. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?
(a) Opulence.
(b) Jurisprudence.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator's father take him in order to expose him to racism in Chapter 13?

3. What is the name of the white boy who has come to support the narrator during his trial in Chapter 24?

4. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?

5. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

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