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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King Cuz's real name?

2. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?

3. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?

4. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?

5. To what Shakespearean play does the narrator compare the Little Rascals in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative related in The Sellout? From what perspective is the story told?

2. What setting is established in the novel's Prologue? How is it described?

3. Where does the narrator describe taking Hominy for "beatings" each Thursday?

4. Who is Hampton Fiske and how is he described?

5. Why does the black woman slap the narrator in the Prologue?

6. Why does Foy Cheshire reimagine and adapt classic novels like Huckleberry Finn?

7. How is Hominy Jenkins described by the narrator?

8. When and where do the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals meet?

9. What happened on the occasions where the narrator attempted to emancipate Hominy?

10. How does the narrator describe Hominy's work on the farm in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss depictions of racism in popular entertainment in The Sellout. What television shows, films, commercials, etc. are referenced or alluded to by the narrator? What racism or racist attitudes are described in these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of satire and how it applies to The Sellout. What aspects of the novel's plot are satirical? In what ways? How does irony play a role in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

What charges have brought the narrator to the U.S. Supreme Court? How are the Justices of the Court described? How doe the Judges perceive the narrator and his crimes?

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