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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 described as the sister city to Algiers in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Florence.
(c) Juarez.
(d) Berlin.

2. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) The climate is too wet.
(b) The climate is too cold.
(c) The climate is too warm.
(d) The climate is too dry.

3. Who is the student that volunteered to help the narrator castrate a calf on Career Day?
(a) Sheila Clark.
(b) Curtis Baxter.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Susan Silverman.

4. What is the area of Harlem paired with by City Match?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Florence.
(d) Paris.

5. What does the narrator say that he's seen that were "funnier than my father's [comic] routine in Chapter 17 (206)?
(a) "Self-immolations."
(b) "Ganster murders."
(c) "Chicken slaughters."
(d) "Criminal executions."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marpessa throw at Foy Cheshire, according to the narrator in Chapter 17?

2. What is the name of the fake school that the narrator has "erected" in Dickens?

3. What word in Chapter 19 refers to a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland as a weapon?

4. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?

5. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?

2. What actions does the narrator describe taking with Hominy in order to restore segregation in Dickens in Chapter 20?

3. How does the narrator define sister cities in "City Lites: An Interlude"?

4. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?

5. Where does the narrator describe his father taking him in order to show him that racism still exists?

6. What are the three lost cities that the narrator dictates to be sister cities to Dickens?

7. Who is Charisma Molina and what is her profession?

8. What does Marpessa demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?

9. How does the narrator respond to the autographed book he receives in Chapter 19? What is the book?

10. What is "Whitey Week" and how is it defined in Chapter 20?

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