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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 does the narrator say has more "motion of the ocean" than him in Chapter 17 (201)?
(a) "A plate of day-old sashimi."
(b) "A fat man in a flat boat."
(c) "A cotton-picking slave."
(d) "A pier overlooking the sea."

2. 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) Santa Maria.
(b) Santa Monica.
(c) Hollywood Hills.
(d) Panorama City.

3. The narrator describes Foy Cheshire as defiantly marching to his car as if he were leaving where under siege in Chapter 16?
(a) South Korea.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

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

5. What is the name of the marijuana strain that the narrator describes sharing with the strangers at Hood Day in Chapter 21?
(a) Nefarious.
(b) Carpal Tunnel.
(c) Perspicacity.
(d) Cenotaph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator say that he's seen that were "funnier than my father's [comic] routine in Chapter 17 (206)?

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