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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 adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?
(a) Ebullient.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Nepotistic.
(d) Nefarious.
2. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?
(a) Five times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.
3. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?
(a) Sheila Clark.
(b) Susan Silverman.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Curtis Baxter.
4. What day was it that the narrator set out to go to Dum Dum's in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.
5. What latest public-access show of Foy Cheshire's had just been cancelled in Chapter 19?
(a) Black Stand.
(b) Black Checker.
(c) Black Republic.
(d) Black Talk.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Northridge quake occur that collapsed the roof of the school auditorium where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?
2. What is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?
3. What verb in Chapter 19 means to dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or thing?
4. What month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?
5. What is the name of Charisma Molina's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Marpessa demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?
2. How did the narrator's father attempt to demonstrate racism to him backfire in Chapter 13?
3. What is "Whitey Week" and how is it defined in Chapter 20?
4. What actions does the narrator describe taking with Hominy in order to restore segregation in Dickens in Chapter 20?
5. What emotional disorder does the narrator tell the court he likely has?
6. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?
7. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?
8. Why do the neighborhood children gather in the narrator's yard in Chapter 15?
9. Why does the narrator say he was reluctant to segregate the hospital in Chapter 20?
10. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?
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