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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?
(a) Sticks and Stones.
(b) The Devil's Den.
(c) The Hot Kitchen.
(d) The Black Cat.

2. What does the narrator say Hominy's work mostly consisted of in Chapter 6 (82)?
(a) "Picking cotton."
(b) "Watching me work."
(c) "Washing my car."
(d) "Harvesting corn and potatoes."

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

4. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

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 Senate of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.

6. Why did the narrator claim poor people were the best drivers?
(a) Because they drive stolen cars.
(b) Because they cannot afford insurance.
(c) Because they are talking on phones.
(d) Because they are hiding from the law.

7. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?
(a) Urban legend.
(b) A conspiracy.
(c) A bald-faced lie.
(d) An honest truth.

8. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?
(a) $430.
(b) $129.
(c) $95.
(d) $200.

9. The narrator states in the Prologue, "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never" what (3)?
(a) "Stolen anything."
(b) "Killed anyone."
(c) "Gone fishing."
(d) "Been in jail."

10. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "Up or down?"
(b) "White boy, stop."
(c) "Where we going?"
(d) "Westside, nigger! What?"

11. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Path to Enlightenment.
(b) The Blue Future of Life.
(c) The Planning of Change.
(d) The Faith and the Fury.

12. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?
(a) "The royal stare."
(b) "The Crip-side stare."
(c) "The Willowbrook Avenue Stare."
(d) "The Roosevelt Avenue Stare."

13. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 656-231.
(b) 09-2606.
(c) 06-5612.
(d) 25-1231.

14. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?
(a) Logic.
(b) Opulence.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Egalitarianism.

15. What nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?
(a) Bonbon.
(b) Trickster.
(c) Jumpy.
(d) Loser.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?

2. Who does the narrator refer to as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" in Chapter 10 (127)?

3. What caused Buckwheat's death?

4. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?

5. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?

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