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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?
(a) Saginaw.
(b) Citrus Heights.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Boardwalk.

2. Who killed the narrator's father?
(a) Charisma.
(b) The police.
(c) Marpessa.
(d) His brother.

3. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?
(a) $430.
(b) $129.
(c) $200.
(d) $95.

4. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "Up or down?"
(b) "Where we going?"
(c) "White boy, stop."
(d) "Westside, nigger! What?"

5. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
(a) An unwavering democracy.
(b) An egalitarian empire.
(c) A dysfunctional plutocracy.
(d) A romantic failure.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

2. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

3. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

4. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?

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

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