View a FREE sample

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 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."

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

3. About how many people were at the meeting of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals that the narrator describes in Chapter 19?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

4. Why did the narrator's father flee to Canada?
(a) To escape slavery.
(b) To attain free healthcare.
(c) To dodge the draft.
(d) To marry a white woman.

5. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Watermelons.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What character wrote the book Mick, Please: The Black Irish Journey from Ghetto to Gaelic?

3. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?

4. What was the latest of Foy Cheshire's novel adaptations that he passed around at the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meeting in Chapter 19?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the narrator say he was reluctant to segregate the hospital in Chapter 20?

5. How is the narrator's satsuma tree employed as a symbol in the novel?

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

7. Whom did Marpessa marry after leaving the narrator? How has her life changed?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 688 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample