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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 did Darla Hood die from in reality, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Hepatitis.

2. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) Miss Smart.
(b) Mr. Wililams.
(c) Mr. Edmunds.
(d) Mr. Jenkins.

3. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?
(a) Time's passing.
(b) Memory.
(c) A dream.
(d) A people.

4. What diagnosis did Marpessa determine for the narrator when he was 18?
(a) Depressive Disorder.
(b) Social Anxiety Disorder.
(c) Attachment Disorder.
(d) Bipolar Disorder.

5. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?
(a) 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
(b) 12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
(c) 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
(d) 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the movie set for The Ten Commandments buried under the Nipomo Dunes?

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

3. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?

4. How many students were in the narrator's graduating class in high school?

5. What does the narrator say is the "beauty of minstrelsy" in Chapter 15 (188)?

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