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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 describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?
(a) The Black Chamber.
(b) The Bastille Room.
(c) The Red Room.
(d) The Blue Room.

2. How many students were in the narrator's graduating class in high school?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty-two.

3. Of "Little Scotty Beckett," the narrator says, "Scotty was a big-eyed Rascal who used to run with" whom, in Chapter 6 (84)?
(a) Hominy.
(b) Fat Albet.
(c) Buckwheat.
(d) Spanky.

4. How old was Wheezer when he died?
(a) 41.
(b) 32.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alfalfa when he was shot in the face?

2. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?

3. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?

4. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?

5. What does the narrator say "ain't easy" just like "pimpin' ain't easy" in the opening of Chapter 6 (80)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the character of King Cuz described?

6. Why does the narrator construct a highway sign with the name Dickens on it?

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

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

9. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

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

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