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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 King Cuz's real name?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Curtis Baxter.
(c) Andy Watkins.
(d) Carl Williams.

2. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Batman.
(b) Superman.
(c) Green Lantern.
(d) Aquaman.

3. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What caused Buckwheat's death?
(a) Cirrhosis of the liver.
(b) Lymphoma.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Lung cancer.

5. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?
(a) Opulence.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Logic.
(d) Jurisprudence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the BDSM club on the Westside where the narrator contracted to dole out Hominy's punishments for him?

2. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

3. The narrator states in the Prologue, "Be it ancient Rome or modern-day America, you're either citizen or" what (5)?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a historical clerk, scribe, or notary?

5. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the narrator's father die?

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

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

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

7. Who is the unofficial leader of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals? How is he described?

8. How is the narrative related in The Sellout? From what perspective is the story told?

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

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

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