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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 large does the narrator say Los Angeles County is?
(a) 3,573 square miles.
(b) 4,084 square miles.
(c) 6,434 square miles.
(d) 2,345 square miles.

2. What did Marpessa throw at Foy Cheshire, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) An orange.
(b) A rock.
(c) An apple.
(d) A knife.

3. Where was Oscar Zocalo lab partners with the narrator?
(a) Yale.
(b) Riverside.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Harvard.

4. What did Foy Cheshire reassign as the name of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Uncle Tom's Condo.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabana.
(c) Uncle Jack's Highway.
(d) Uncle Terry's Cabin.

5. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Berkeley College.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

2. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?

3. 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?

4. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?

5. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?

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