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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 is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 06-5612.
(b) 09-2606.
(c) 25-1231.
(d) 656-231.

2. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?
(a) The Black Cat.
(b) The Hot Kitchen.
(c) Sticks and Stones.
(d) The Devil's Den.

3. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) October 17, 1838.
(b) May 12, 1965.
(c) June 17, 1859.
(d) May 13, 1832.

4. What did Darla Hood die from in reality, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) AIDS.

5. How does the narrator describe the hairstyles of the Justices when they enter the courtroom in the Prologue (19)?
(a) "Eisenhower-era hairstyles."
(b) "Powdered-wig hairstyles."
(c) "Reagan-era hairstyles."
(d) "Nixon-era hairstyles."

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?

2. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?

3. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?

4. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator remark about mottos in the Prologue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

(see the answer keys)

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