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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What magazine was King Cuz flipping through when the narrator sat next to him at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals in Chapter 19?
(a) Life magazine.
(b) New Yorker magazine.
(c) Lowrider magazine.
(d) People magazine.

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

5. When did Charisma Molina's family move to Los Angeles?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1949.

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

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

8. 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) "Anglo Day."
(b) "Whitey Week."
(c) "Caucasian Hour."
(d) "White Day."

9. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
(a) Mr. Edmunds.
(b) Miss Smart.
(c) Mr. Jenkins.
(d) Mr. Wililams.

10. Where does the narrator say he had to go in order to track down Cipriano "Candy" Marinez after he tried to flee his abusive family on horseback?
(a) Panorama City.
(b) Santa Monica.
(c) Santa Maria.
(d) Hollywood Hills.

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

12. By what name does the narrator say he calls his marijuana in Chapter 11?
(a) Perspicacity.
(b) Nepotism.
(c) Panglossian.
(d) Blue Dream.

13. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?
(a) The Sagan.
(b) The Roxy.
(c) The Carlton.
(d) The Meralta.

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

15. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?
(a) The Ice-tea Cometh.
(b) The Dopeman Cometh.
(c) The Gangsta Cometh.
(d) The White-Man Cometh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is described as "the City That Never Stops Bleeding" by the narrator in "City Lites, An Interlude"?

2. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?

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. Where is Charisma Molina an assistant principal?

5. What movie does the narrator describe starring Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in Chapter 14?

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