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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?
(a) The Roosevelt Academy.
(b) The Wilson Academy.
(c) The Carlton Academy.
(d) The Wheaton Academy.

2. What adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?
(a) Ebullient.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Nepotistic.
(d) Nefarious.

3. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Epistolarian.
(d) Monolithic.

4. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
(a) Watermelons.
(b) Candy.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Oranges.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

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

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

5. What does the narrator describe in Chapter 20 as "a thirty-minute celebration of the wonders and contributions of the mysterious Caucasian race to the world of leisure" (226)?

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