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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 word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?
(a) Epistolarian.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Archaic.
(d) Magnetic.

2. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?
(a) Road Transfer Division.
(b) Rapid Transit District.
(c) Road Transportation Department.
(d) Railway Transport Department.

3. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?
(a) 1-800-GOFREE.
(b) 1-800-CONSTITUTION.
(c) 1-800-FREEDOM.
(d) 1-800-INNOCENT.

4. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?
(a) Sunshine Sammy.
(b) Buckwheat.
(c) Alfalafa.
(d) Spanky.

5. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Nine.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

2. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

4. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?

5. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?

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