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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 word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Jurisprudence.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Lycanthropy.
(d) Monopoly.

2. What does the narrator describe in Chapter 20 as "a thirty-minute celebration of the wonders and contributions of the mysterious Caucasian race to the world of leisure" (226)?
(a) "Caucasian Hour."
(b) "Whitey Week."
(c) "Anglo Day."
(d) "White Day."

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

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

5. Which of the three signs presented by the narrator was the one that was most chosen by the small-business people of Dickens in Chapter 20 (225)?
(a) "Blacks Only."
(b) "Black, Asian, and Latino Only."
(c) "Latino, Asian, and Black Only."
(d) "No Whites Allowed."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?

2. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?

3. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?

4. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

5. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?

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