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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 lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) Ghetto physics.
(b) Court appearances.
(c) Racial interactions.
(d) Basketball.

2. What magazine does the narrator describe using to staunch the bleedin in his gut after he was shot in Chapter 23?
(a) Time magazine.
(b) The New Yorker magazine.
(c) Vibe magazine.
(d) People magazine.

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

4. What does the narrator say that he's seen that were "funnier than my father's [comic] routine in Chapter 17 (206)?
(a) "Criminal executions."
(b) "Self-immolations."
(c) "Chicken slaughters."
(d) "Ganster murders."

5. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) Mr. Wililams.
(b) Mr. Jenkins.
(c) Mr. Edmunds.
(d) Miss Smart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator define as "coming to the realization that as fucked up and meaningless as it all is, sometimes it's the nihilism that makes life worth living" in Chapter 24 (277)?

3. When was the integration of schools enacted in Little Rock, Arkansas?

4. What does the narrator say that L.A. is about in Chapter 9?

5. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?

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