1. What is the name of Marpessa's younger brother?
(a) Stevie Dawson.
(b) Carl Williams.
(c) Curtis Baxter.
(d) Erich Maria Remarque.

2. For whom did Chubsy-Ubsy have an unrequited love?
(a) Miss Darla.
(b) Miss Constance.
(c) Miss Anna Marie.
(d) Miss Crabtree.

3. What day was it that the narrator set out to go to Dum Dum's in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

4. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Aquaman.
(b) Superman.
(c) Green Lantern.
(d) Batman.

5. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?
(a) Thursdays and Fridays.
(b) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
(c) Saturdays and Sundays.
(d) Mondays and Tuesdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the narrator's fantasy in Chapter 17, who does he describe telling Marpessa, "When you see Bonbon, the Cosmic Sellout and your one true love, cast down your panties where you are" (209)?

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

3. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?

4. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?

5. What is King Cuz's real name?

(see the answer key)

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