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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator refer to Hominy as he accompanied him in driving around town in Chapter 20?
(a) An "African-American Marco Polo."
(b) An "African-American Igor."
(c) An "African-American Paul Revere."
(d) An "African-American Frankenstein."

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

3. What is Hominy's last name?
(a) Jenkins.
(b) Me.
(c) Williams.
(d) Smith.

4. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three weeks.

5. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?
(a) West Riverside Community College.
(b) Citrus Heights Community College.
(c) South Los Angeles Community College.
(d) Hollywood Hills Community College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Charisma Molina's mother?

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

3. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

4. Where was Oscar Zocalo lab partners with the narrator?

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

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