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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 adjective from Chapter 16 means wicked or criminal?
2. What word from the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, particularly by giving them jobs?
3. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?
4. What word from Chapter 18 refers to a tomblike monument to someone buried elsewhere?
5. What is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator define sister cities in "City Lites: An Interlude"?
2. Who is Charisma Molina and what is her profession?
3. Why do the neighborhood children gather in the narrator's yard in Chapter 15?
4. Whom did Marpessa marry after leaving the narrator? How has her life changed?
5. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?
6. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?
7. Why have the three cities that Dickens matched with refused to be sister cities?
8. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?
9. What does Marpessa demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?
10. Who is Jon McJones and where does the narrator encounter him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Sellout. From what perspective is the story related? Is the narrative related in the present, past, or future tense? Who is the presumed audience of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the protagonist of The Sellout. What is this character's approximate age? What is his profession? What are his actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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