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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 – 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?
(a) Bonbon.
(b) Loser.
(c) Jumpy.
(d) Trickster.

2. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?
(a) The Watergate tapes.
(b) Slot machines playing.
(c) Sheep baa-ing.
(d) Ocean waves.

3. 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.

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

5. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) James White.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Jean Genet.
(d) Robert Forster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?

2. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 7 that "One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called" what (93-94)?

4. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?

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

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