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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 nickname does the narrator say he was called after a spelling bee when he was eleven?
(a) Loser.
(b) Jumpy.
(c) Bonbon.
(d) Trickster.

2. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?
(a) 1-800-INNOCENT.
(b) 1-800-FREEDOM.
(c) 1-800-CONSTITUTION.
(d) 1-800-GOFREE.

3. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?
(a) A social scientist.
(b) A pediatrician.
(c) An English professor.
(d) A history professor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

4. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?

5. Of "Little Scotty Beckett," the narrator says, "Scotty was a big-eyed Rascal who used to run with" whom, in Chapter 6 (84)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

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

8. How is the character of King Cuz described?

9. How do the members of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals respond to the narrator's proposal to restore the City of Dickens?

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

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