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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Chapter 17 that "In the history of American black people, there have been only two with the complete inability to tell a joke" (205). Who, aside from the narrator's father is unable to tell a joke?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Bill Cosby.
(d) Malcolm X.

2. What is the name of Charisma Molina's mother?
(a) Maria Molina.
(b) Delores Molina.
(c) Sally Molina.
(d) Anna Molina.

3. Where was Oscar Zocalo lab partners with the narrator?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Riverside.

4. The narrator asserts in Chapter 18 that "the university apple orchards in Geneva, New York, are to the black market apple trade what Medellin, Columbia, is to" what (212)?
(a) "Heroin."
(b) "Marijuana."
(c) "Cocaine."
(d) "Peyote."

5. What is Foy Cheshire's definition of WME in Chapter 19?
(a) Weapon of Mass Endowment.
(b) Weapon of Mass Enlightenment.
(c) Weapon of Mass Education.
(d) Weapon of Mass Emasculation.

6. What was the latest of Foy Cheshire's novel adaptations that he passed around at the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meeting in Chapter 19?
(a) The Cat and the Cancer.
(b) The Mob Gang.
(c) The Dopeman Cometh.
(d) The Adventures of Tom Soarer.

7. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1935.

8. How much older is Nestor Lopez than the narrator?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Ten years older.
(c) Two years older.
(d) Four years older.

9. What did Marpessa throw at Foy Cheshire, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?
(a) An orange.
(b) A rock.
(c) A knife.
(d) An apple.

10. 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.

11. Where did the narrator's father take him in order to expose him to racism in Chapter 13?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Alabama.

12. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?
(a) The smell.
(b) Rumors of money.
(c) The police.
(d) The newspaper headline.

13. Who was the founder of Portland, Oregon?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Jon McJones.
(c) William Overton.
(d) Erich Maria Remarque.

14. What adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?
(a) Monolithic.
(b) Nefarious.
(c) Ebullient.
(d) Nepotistic.

15. In the narrator's fantasy in Chapter 17, who does he describe telling Marpessa, "When you see Bonbon, the Cosmic Sellout and your one true love, cast down your panties where you are" (209)?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Rosa Parks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?

2. To whom did the narrator give his last two satsuma mandarins in Chapter 15?

3. What word in Chapter 18 is a chiefly South African word that is an insulting and contemptuous term for a black African?

4. When was the movie set for The Ten Commandments buried under the Nipomo Dunes?

5. What free alcoholic beverage was supplied at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals described by the author in Chapter 19?

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