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

2. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Path to Enlightenment.
(b) The Planning of Change.
(c) The Faith and the Fury.
(d) The Blue Future of Life.

3. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?
(a) "All But Dead."
(b) "All But Defeated."
(c) "American Board of Dentists."
(d) "All Bewarned and Die."

4. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1895.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?

2. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?

3. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?

4. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?

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

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