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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) May 12, 1965.
(b) June 17, 1859.
(c) October 17, 1838.
(d) May 13, 1832.

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a historical clerk, scribe, or notary?
(a) Scrivener.
(b) Articulator.
(c) Notary.
(d) Jurisprudence.

3. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Epistolarian.
(c) Archaic.
(d) Magnetic.

4. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Robert Forster.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) James White.
(d) Jean Genet.

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

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

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

8. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1799.

9. 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 Hot Kitchen.
(c) The Black Cat.
(d) The Devil's Den.

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

11. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Boardwalk.
(c) Citrus Heights.
(d) Saginaw.

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

13. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) B-sharp.
(b) F-sharp.
(c) F-flat.
(d) G-sharp.

14. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?
(a) Epistolarian.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Monolithic.
(d) Articulate.

15. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?
(a) 23.
(b) 42.
(c) 35.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wheezer when he died?

2. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?

3. What nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?

4. What does the narrator describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?

5. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?

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