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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?
(a) May 1.
(b) March 19.
(c) September 12.
(d) June 16.

2. What caused Buckwheat's death?
(a) Lymphoma.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Cirrhosis of the liver.
(d) Heart attack.

3. What city is described as "the City That Never Stops Bleeding" by the narrator in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Juarez.

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 months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Six years.

5. What does the narrator say has more "motion of the ocean" than him in Chapter 17 (201)?
(a) "A cotton-picking slave."
(b) "A pier overlooking the sea."
(c) "A plate of day-old sashimi."
(d) "A fat man in a flat boat."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

2. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?

3. Where is Charisma Molina an assistant principal?

4. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?

5. About how many people were at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals that the narrator describes in Chapter 19?

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