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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. To whom did the narrator give his last two satsuma mandarins in Chapter 15?
(a) Charisma.
(b) Marpessa.
(c) King Cuz.
(d) Sheila Clark.

2. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?
(a) The Dopeman Cometh.
(b) The Gangsta Cometh.
(c) The Ice-tea Cometh.
(d) The White-Man Cometh.

3. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Anna Waters.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Marie Wilson.

4. What does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?
(a) "Picking cotton."
(b) "Washing my car."
(c) "Watching me work."
(d) "Harvesting corn and potatoes."

5. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Lycanthropy.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Panglossian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?

2. What is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?

3. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

4. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?

5. How large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?

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