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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "City Lites: An Interlude" – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1990.

2. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Jean Genet.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Erich Maria Remarque.

3. 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.

4. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?
(a) 42.
(b) 35.
(c) 23.
(d) 59.

5. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?
(a) "Runnin' a gang."
(b) "Calling home."
(c) "Slaveholdin'."
(d) "Burying people."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator claim poor people were the best drivers?

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

3. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?

4. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?

5. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?

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