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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. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?
(a) $200.
(b) $129.
(c) $430.
(d) $95.

2. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.

3. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Rockefeller Street.
(b) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(c) On the Avenue of America.
(d) On Constitution Avenue.

4. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "White boy, stop."
(b) "Where we going?"
(c) "Westside, nigger! What?"
(d) "Up or down?"

5. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?
(a) "Harder and faster."
(b) "Out of sight, out of mind."
(c) "The cream rises to the top."
(d) "Work buys freedom."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

2. How old was Wheezer when he died?

3. What is King Cuz's real name?

4. How many students were in the narrator's graduating class in high school?

5. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Hampton Fiske and how is he described?

3. What setting is established in the novel's Prologue? How is it described?

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

5. What are the three basic laws of ghetto physics that the narrator describes in Chapter 3?

6. How does the narrator describe Hominy's work on the farm in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

10. Why does the black woman slap the narrator in the Prologue?

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