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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 does the narrator describe in Chapter 20 as "a thirty-minute celebration of the wonders and contributions of the mysterious Caucasian race to the world of leisure" (226)?
(a) "Caucasian Hour."
(b) "Anglo Day."
(c) "Whitey Week."
(d) "White Day."

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

3. What month was it that the narrator was trying to grow potatoes in Chapter 18?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) November.

4. What is the name of the only movie theater in Dickens?
(a) The Roxy.
(b) The Carlton.
(c) The Meralta.
(d) The Sagan.

5. Which of the three signs presented by the narrator was the one that was most chosen by the small-business people of Dickens in Chapter 20 (225)?
(a) "Latino, Asian, and Black Only."
(b) "Blacks Only."
(c) "Black, Asian, and Latino Only."
(d) "No Whites Allowed."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator translate "Cogito, ergo Boogieum" to English in Chapter 14 (183)?

2. At what time each day on Monday through Friday would Hominy appear by the narrator's truck to segregate Dickens in Chapter 20?

3. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?

4. Why does the narrator say he was struggling with growing potatoes in Chapter 18?

5. How many times does the narrator say he has experienced direct discrimination based on race in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Jon McJones and where does the narrator encounter him?

3. How does Foy Cheshire respond to the signs announcing the establishment of Wheaton Academy?

4. How did the narrator's father attempt to demonstrate racism to him backfire in Chapter 13?

5. What is burned at the ending of Career Day at Chaff Middle School? Why?

6. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?

7. Why does the narrator slip out of the meeting in Chapter 19?

8. What emotional disorder does the narrator tell the court he likely has?

9. What is Wheaton Academy and what role does it play in the plot of The Sellout?

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

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