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

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

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

4. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Nepotistic.
(c) Perspicacity.
(d) Ebullient.

5. In the narrator's fantasy in Chapter 17, who does he describe telling Marpessa, "When you see Bonbon, the Cosmic Sellout and your one true love, cast down your panties where you are" (209)?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

2. What month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?

3. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?

4. What is Hominy's last name?

5. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?

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