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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. When did Charisma Molina's family move to Los Angeles?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1954.
2. 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) "No Whites Allowed."
(d) "Black, Asian, and Latino Only."
3. What did Hominy call the opposite of white flight in Chapter 12 (170)?
(a) "Reverse gentrification."
(b) "The Ku Klux influx."
(c) "White magnetism."
(d) "Forced integration."
4. What does the narrator say brought all the children of the neighborhood to his yard in Chapter 15?
(a) Rumors of money.
(b) The police.
(c) The smell.
(d) The newspaper headline.
5. Who was the founder of Portland, Oregon?
(a) Jon McJones.
(b) William Overton.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Erich Maria Remarque.
Short Answer 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)?
2. What is described as the sister city to Tel Aviv in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
3. Because of Marpessa's schedule and her kids, she and the narrator could only date on what nights of the week when they rekindled their flame in Chapter 17?
4. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?
5. How does the narrator translate "Cogito, ergo Boogieum" to English in Chapter 14 (183)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Foy Cheshire respond to the signs announcing the establishment of Wheaton Academy?
2. How did the narrator's father attempt to demonstrate racism to him backfire in Chapter 13?
3. How does the narrator respond to the autographed book he receives in Chapter 19? What is the book?
4. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?
5. Where does the narrator describe his father taking him in order to show him that racism still exists?
6. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?
7. Why do the neighborhood children gather in the narrator's yard in Chapter 15?
8. What does the narrator demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?
9. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?
10. What is Wheaton Academy and what role does it play in the plot of The Sellout?
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