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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 much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Ten years older.
(c) Four years older.
(d) Two years older.

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 17 that "In the history of American black people, there have been only two with the complete inability to tell a joke" (205). Who, aside from the narrator's father is unable to tell a joke?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(d) Bill Cosby.

3. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Nine.

4. What did Foy Cheshire retitle The Great Gatsby as?
(a) The Great Emancipation.
(b) The Great Gary.
(c) The Great Contraption.
(d) The Great Blacksby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?

2. Of "Little Scotty Beckett," the narrator says, "Scotty was a big-eyed Rascal who used to run with" whom, in Chapter 6 (84)?

3. What word in Chapter 19 refers to a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland as a weapon?

4. What is the name of Marpessa's younger brother?

5. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?

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