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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?
(a) "Out of sight, out of mind."
(b) "Work buys freedom."
(c) "Harder and faster."
(d) "The cream rises to the top."

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

3. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Erich Maria Remarque.
(d) Jean Genet.

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

5. Who killed the narrator's father?
(a) Marpessa.
(b) Charisma.
(c) The police.
(d) His brother.

6. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?
(a) South Los Angeles Community College.
(b) Hollywood Hills Community College.
(c) Citrus Heights Community College.
(d) West Riverside Community College.

7. How many students were in the narrator's graduating class in high school?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

10. What caused Buckwheat's death?
(a) Cirrhosis of the liver.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Lymphoma.

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 Blue Future of Life.
(b) The Planning of Change.
(c) The Path to Enlightenment.
(d) The Faith and the Fury.

12. For whom did Chubsy-Ubsy have an unrequited love?
(a) Miss Constance.
(b) Miss Anna Marie.
(c) Miss Crabtree.
(d) Miss Darla.

13. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(b) On Constitution Avenue.
(c) On Rockefeller Street.
(d) On the Avenue of America.

14. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?
(a) "All But Defeated."
(b) "All But Dead."
(c) "American Board of Dentists."
(d) "All Bewarned and Die."

15. How does the narrator describe the hairstyles of the Justices when they enter the courtroom in the Prologue (19)?
(a) "Powdered-wig hairstyles."
(b) "Nixon-era hairstyles."
(c) "Eisenhower-era hairstyles."
(d) "Reagan-era hairstyles."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a historical clerk, scribe, or notary?

2. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?

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

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

5. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?

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