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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 does the narrator say that he's seen that were "funnier than my father's [comic] routine in Chapter 17 (206)?
(a) "Ganster murders."
(b) "Chicken slaughters."
(c) "Criminal executions."
(d) "Self-immolations."

2. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Anna Waters.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Marie Wilson.

3. At what time each day on Monday through Friday would Hominy appear by the narrator's truck to segregate Dickens in Chapter 20?
(a) 2:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 p.m.
(c) 1:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

4. Where does the narrator say he had to go in order to track down Cipriano "Candy" Marinez after he tried to flee his abusive family on horseback?
(a) Hollywood Hills.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Panorama City.

5. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Beegees.
(b) Neil Young.
(c) The Who.
(d) Michael Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?

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

3. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?

4. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?

5. What is King Cuz's real name?

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