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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 city is described as "the City That Never Stops Bleeding" by the narrator in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
2. What does the narrator say the best apples taste like in Chapter 18?
3. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?
4. Who was the founder of Portland, Oregon?
5. The narrator describes himself in Chapter 18 as the Afrikaner parliamentarian in Johannesburg in what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Charisma Molina and what is her profession?
2. What are the three lost cities that the narrator dictates to be sister cities to Dickens?
3. What does the apple tree symbolize in Chapter 18?
4. Whom did Marpessa marry after leaving the narrator? How has her life changed?
5. How does the narrator respond to the autographed book he receives in Chapter 19? What is the book?
6. Where does the narrator describe his father taking him in order to show him that racism still exists?
7. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?
8. What is Wheaton Academy and what role does it play in the plot of The Sellout?
9. What emotional disorder does the narrator tell the court he likely has?
10. Why have the three cities that Dickens matched with refused to be sister cities?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe and analyze the character of Foy Cheshire in The Sellout. How would you describe Foy's relationship with the protagonist? What are Foy's actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story? What becomes of Foy in the end of the novel?
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