View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) March.

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

3. To whom did the narrator give his last two satsuma mandarins in Chapter 15?
(a) King Cuz.
(b) Sheila Clark.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Marpessa.

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

5. What does the narrator describe in Chapter 20 as "a thirty-minute celebration of the wonders and contributions of the mysterious Caucasian race to the world of leisure" (226)?
(a) "Caucasian Hour."
(b) "Anglo Day."
(c) "White Day."
(d) "Whitey Week."

6. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

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

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

9. What is described as the sister city to Algiers in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Juarez.

10. What is the name of Marpessa's younger brother?
(a) Carl Williams.
(b) Erich Maria Remarque.
(c) Curtis Baxter.
(d) Stevie Dawson.

11. What diagnosis did Marpessa determine for the narrator when he was 18?
(a) Bipolar Disorder.
(b) Social Anxiety Disorder.
(c) Attachment Disorder.
(d) Depressive Disorder.

12. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Five times.

13. What did Foy Cheshire reassign as the name of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabana.
(b) Uncle Terry's Cabin.
(c) Uncle Tom's Condo.
(d) Uncle Jack's Highway.

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

15. Who are the three powerful and famous African-Americans that appeared at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals in Chapter 19?
(a) Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Colin Powell.
(b) Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Malcolm X.
(c) Bill Cosby, Condoleeza Rice, and Colin Powell.
(d) Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What day was it that the narrator set out to go to Dum Dum's in the end of Chapter 18?

3. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?

4. What is the area of Harlem paired with by City Match?

5. Where is Kinshasa located?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 489 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample