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

3. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

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

5. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of King Cuz described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator remark about mottos in the Prologue?

9. How does the narrator describe his father in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism and imagery connected to the narrator's two-acre farm in Dickens. What does the narrator grow on the farm? How are the procedures of running the farm related to life and race relations in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the events on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School. What does Marpessa demonstrate for the students? What does the narrator's demonstration consist of? How does the day conclude?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of racism in The Sellout. How does the author develop this theme through setting and characters? How is the theme related to symbolism and imagery in the novel? What statements do you think the author is making about racism? Why?

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