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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. The narrator asserts in Chapter 7 that Foy Cheshire's ownership of the most racist Little Rascal films is what?

2. Who is the dominatrix that Hominy frequented at the BDSM club?

3. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?

4. The narrator describes the black Justice as looking at him with "that crazy, red-eyed penetrating look that back home we call" what (22)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the members of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals respond to the narrator's proposal to restore the City of Dickens?

2. What happened when the narrator's father attempted an experiment on bystander syndrome when the narrator was a child?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator construct a highway sign with the name Dickens on it?

6. How does the narrator describe Hominy's birthday celebration?

7. How did the community respond when the narrator began his process of marking the boundaries of Dickens?

8. What are the three basic laws of ghetto physics that the narrator describes in Chapter 3?

9. What is the definition of satire and how does satire apply to The Sellout?

10. Who is the unofficial leader of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals? How is he described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effects do the segregation signs on Marpessa's bus have? How does the narrator extend segregation beyond the bus? What indicators does the narrator erect to do so?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of F. K. Me in The Sellout. What is this character's profession? How is his relationship with his son depicted? Do you think this character is portrayed as a protagonist or antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Charisma Molina in the novel. How does Charisma know the narrator? What is her profession? How is Charisma involved in the central plot of the novel?

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