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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
(a) Berkeley College.
(b) Cornell University.
(c) New York University.
(d) UCLA.

2. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?
(a) Mondays and Tuesdays.
(b) Saturdays and Sundays.
(c) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
(d) Thursdays and Fridays.

3. The narrator describes his "usual postcoital position" as "rolled up into a ball like" what, in Chapter 17 (202)?
(a) "A snake ready to strike."
(b) "A frightened teenage armadillo."
(c) "A mouse in a church kitchen."
(d) "A catatonic mole unearthed."

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) "Peyote."
(b) "Cocaine."
(c) "Marijuana."
(d) "Heroin."

5. Who is the City Match Consultant that called the narrator about his application with Dickens?
(a) Susan Silverman.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Charisma Molina.
(d) Curtis Baxter.

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

7. Which of the three signs presented by the narrator was the one that was most chosen by the small-business people of Dickens in Chapter 20 (225)?
(a) "Blacks Only."
(b) "Black, Asian, and Latino Only."
(c) "Latino, Asian, and Black Only."
(d) "No Whites Allowed."

8. Where is Charisma Molina an assistant principal?
(a) Wheaton Academy.
(b) Chaff Middle School.
(c) Wilson Middle School.
(d) Smith Middle School.

9. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?
(a) Align.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Impugn.
(d) Lycanthropy.

10. Who directed the film The Ten Commandments?
(a) Rob Reiner.
(b) Cecil B. DeMille.
(c) Fellini.
(d) Susan Silverman.

11. At what time each day on Monday through Friday would Hominy appear by the narrator's truck to segregate Dickens in Chapter 20?
(a) 2:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 1:00 p.m.

12. What does the narrator say that he's seen that were "funnier than my father's [comic] routine in Chapter 17 (206)?
(a) "Self-immolations."
(b) "Ganster murders."
(c) "Chicken slaughters."
(d) "Criminal executions."

13. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Austria.
(d) Russia.

14. What is the area of Harlem paired with by City Match?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Paris.
(d) Florence.

15. What does the narrator say is the "beauty of minstrelsy" in Chapter 15 (188)?
(a) Its irony.
(b) Its timelessness.
(c) Its overt racism.
(d) Its satire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?

2. How does the narrator refer to Hominy as he accompanied him in driving around town in Chapter 20?

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

4. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?

5. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?

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