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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. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Five times.
(d) Once.

2. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Waiting for Godot.
(c) The Trial.
(d) The Stranger.

3. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?
(a) Sheila Clark.
(b) Curtis Baxter.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Jean Piaget.

4. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1957.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?

2. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?

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

4. What does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?

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

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