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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?
(a) "Slaveholdin'."
(b) "Burying people."
(c) "Calling home."
(d) "Runnin' a gang."

2. How is "ABD" defined by the narrator's father in Chapter 1 (36-37)?
(a) "All Bewarned and Die."
(b) "All But Defeated."
(c) "All But Dead."
(d) "American Board of Dentists."

3. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

4. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?
(a) 12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
(b) 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
(c) 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
(d) 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

5. How did Pete the Pup die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Brain aneuryism.
(c) He choked on a bottle lid.
(d) He swallowed an alarm clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the dominatrix that Hominy frequented at the BDSM club?

2. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?

3. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?

4. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

5. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on the occasions where the narrator attempted to emancipate Hominy?

2. Where does the narrator describe taking Hominy for "beatings" each Thursday?

3. What happened when the narrator's father attempted an experiment on bystander syndrome when the narrator was a child?

4. How does the narrator encounter Marpessa in Chapter 9? What emerges in their meeting?

5. When and where do the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meet?

6. How is the narrator's home described? Where does he live?

7. How does the narrator describe his father in Chapter 1?

8. How does the narrator describe Hominy's birthday celebration?

9. What is the definition of satire and how does satire apply to The Sellout?

10. How did the community respond when the narrator began his process of marking the boundaries of Dickens?

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