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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 word in Chapter 18 is a chiefly South African word that is an insulting and contemptuous term for a black African?
2. By what name does the narrator say he calls his marijuana in Chapter 11?
3. 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)?
4. What college has been breeding the world's best apples since the late 1890s, according to the narrator in Chapter 18?
5. What movie does the narrator describe starring Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Foy Cheshire respond to the signs announcing the establishment of Wheaton Academy?
2. How is the narrator's satsuma tree employed as a symbol in the novel?
3. What is Wheaton Academy and what role does it play in the plot of The Sellout?
4. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?
5. What emotional disorder does the narrator tell the court he likely has?
6. Why have the three cities that Dickens matched with refused to be sister cities?
7. How does the narrator respond to the autographed book he receives in Chapter 19? What is the book?
8. What actions does the narrator describe taking with Hominy in order to restore segregation in Dickens in Chapter 20?
9. What does Marpessa demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?
10. How did the narrator's father attempt to demonstrate racism to him backfire in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the author's use of symbolism and imagery in The Sellout. What are predominant symbols that reappear in the narrative? What does each represent? How does the author employ similes and metaphors? What are the effects of these examples?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of community as an essential component of identity in The Sellout. In what ways do the inhabitants of Dickens come together in the course of the story? What brings them together? How are their identities shaped by the re-establishment of Dickens?
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