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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?
(a) Lycanthropy.
(b) Nepotism.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Jurisprudence.

7. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Watermelons.
(d) Candy.

8. 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) "Chicken slaughters."
(c) "Ganster murders."
(d) "Criminal executions."

9. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?
(a) Nepotistic.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Ebullient.
(d) Perspicacity.

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

11. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Susan Silverman.
(c) Sheila Clark.
(d) Curtis Baxter.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

2. Where did the narrator's father take him in order to expose him to racism in Chapter 13?

3. 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)?

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

5. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?

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