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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 18 that "the university apple orchards in Geneva, New York, are to the black market apple trade what Medellin, Columbia, is to" what (212)?

2. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?

3. What is the name of Marpessa's younger brother?

4. What does the narrator say has more "motion of the ocean" than him in Chapter 17 (201)?

5. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotional disorder does the narrator tell the court he likely has?

2. What is "Whitey Week" and how is it defined in Chapter 20?

3. How does the narrator respond to Hominy's suggestions for new class systems in Dickens in Chapter 18?

4. What actions does the narrator describe taking with Hominy in order to restore segregation in Dickens in Chapter 20?

5. Why do the neighborhood children gather in the narrator's yard in Chapter 15?

6. Why have the three cities that Dickens matched with refused to be sister cities?

7. How does Foy Cheshire respond to the signs announcing the establishment of Wheaton Academy?

8. What does the narrator demonstrate on Career Day at the Chaff Middle School?

9. Who are the three famous living African Americans that attend the meeting in Chapter 19? How are their identities revealed?

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 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

Why does the narrator seek out a "sister city" for Dickens? What are the results he receives? What three lost cities does the narrator resort to using as sister cities to Dickens?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of satire and how it applies to The Sellout. What aspects of the novel's plot are satirical? In what ways? How does irony play a role in the narrative?

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