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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Sarah Greenway's.
(b) Paul Wilkinson's.
(c) Kitty Genovese's.
(d) Patricia Smith's.

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

3. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) F-sharp.
(b) B-sharp.
(c) F-flat.
(d) G-sharp.

4. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?
(a) June 16.
(b) March 19.
(c) September 12.
(d) May 1.

5. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?
(a) "The Crip-side stare."
(b) "The Willowbrook Avenue Stare."
(c) "The royal stare."
(d) "The Roosevelt Avenue Stare."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

2. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?

3. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?

4. The narrator states in the Prologue, "I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when" what (18)?

5. Who killed the narrator's father?

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