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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 diagnosis did Marpessa determine for the narrator when he was 18?
(a) Depressive Disorder.
(b) Bipolar Disorder.
(c) Attachment Disorder.
(d) Social Anxiety Disorder.

2. Who is described in Chapter 24 as a "courtroom artist extraordinaire and film buff" (269)?
(a) Carl Williams.
(b) Curtis Baxter.
(c) Fred Manne.
(d) Jean Piaget.

3. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?
(a) "Slaveholdin'."
(b) "Runnin' a gang."
(c) "Calling home."
(d) "Burying people."

4. What television show does Hampton Fiske say "Stage I Negroes" watch reruns of in Chapter 24 (275)?
(a) Cheers.
(b) Mork and Mindy.
(c) Bob Newhart.
(d) Friends.

5. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the City Match Consultant that called the narrator about his application with Dickens?

2. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

3. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?

4. What is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?

5. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?

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