View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) The Taming of the Shrew.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

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

3. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?
(a) A dream.
(b) Time's passing.
(c) A people.
(d) Memory.

4. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Sarah Greenway's.
(b) Kitty Genovese's.
(c) Paul Wilkinson's.
(d) Patricia Smith's.

5. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Who.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Neil Young.
(d) The Beegees.

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

7. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Panglossian.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Jurisprudence.
(d) Lycanthropy.

8. Who is the dominatrix that Hominy frequented at the BDSM club?
(a) Miss Sarah.
(b) Miss Anna.
(c) Miss Dorothy.
(d) Miss Marie.

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

10. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Arkansas.

11. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

12. How did Pete the Pup die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) He choked on a bottle lid.
(c) He swallowed an alarm clock.
(d) Brain aneuryism.

13. What is Hominy's last name?
(a) Williams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Me.

14. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?
(a) "The Water Whisperers."
(b) "Above and Beyond."
(c) "In Tune with Earth and Skies."
(d) "Unconquered and Unconquerable."

15. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 11:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?

2. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?

5. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 455 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample