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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

2. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 656-231.
(b) 06-5612.
(c) 09-2606.
(d) 25-1231.

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

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

5. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?
(a) Emily Williams.
(b) Angela Dean Patterson.
(c) Marpessa Delissa Dawson.
(d) Charisma Molina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed the narrator's father?

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

3. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?

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

5. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

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