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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 – Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What latest public-access show of Foy Cheshire's had just been cancelled in Chapter 19?
(a) Black Talk.
(b) Black Checker.
(c) Black Stand.
(d) Black Republic.

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

3. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Candy.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Watermelons.

4. Who directed the film The Ten Commandments?
(a) Rob Reiner.
(b) Fellini.
(c) Cecil B. DeMille.
(d) Susan Silverman.

5. About how many people were at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals that the narrator describes in Chapter 19?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?

2. Who did Hominy claim was "the original Little Rascal" (86)?

3. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?

4. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?

5. The narrator states in the Prologue, "Be it ancient Rome or modern-day America, you're either citizen or" what (5)?

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