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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of a plantation tour in the novel?
(a) Paradise Belied—A Survey of Dystopias.
(b) Paradise Lost—A Survey of Antebellum Farming Life.
(c) Paradise Denied—A Survey of Civil War Politics.
(d) Paradise Regained—A Survey of Postbellum Farming Life.

2. Which of the following does the narrator note Riley does at Octavia’s mansion?
(a) Rub Armbruster’s feet.
(b) Rub the narrator’s feet.
(c) Rub Franklin’s feet.
(d) Rub Octavia’s feet.

3. What is the name of Nigel’s school?
(a) School without Walls.
(b) School without Teachers.
(c) Teachers without Walls.
(d) Booker T. Washington Elementary.

4. Which of the following does the narrator note used to live where he, Penny, and Nigel do?
(a) Choctaw Indians.
(b) Natchez Indians.
(c) Mosopelea Indians.
(d) Chapitoulas Indians.

5. By which of the following names is the Tiko also known?
(a) Fridaytown.
(b) Mondayville.
(c) Red-light Town.
(d) Storyville.

6. Which of the following is the name of a tour character at Shanksted?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Mary.
(d) Merle.

7. Which of the following costumes does the narrator note would unsettle the party at Octavia’s mansion?
(a) Nat Turner.
(b) Uncle Tom.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Malcolm X.

8. With which of the following is Penny tattooed?
(a) A Monarch.
(b) A Zebra Longwing.
(c) A Leopard Lacewing.
(d) A Viceroy.

9. Which of the following does Octavia wager on the narrator’s victory?
(a) A dalliance.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A demijohn.

10. Which of the following adjectives does the narrator apply to Nigel?
(a) Proustian.
(b) Faustian.
(c) Derridean.
(d) Foucaultian.

11. Which of the following does Octavia hand the narrator at her mansion?
(a) A whiskey sour.
(b) A Tom Collins.
(c) A rum and Coke.
(d) A Sazerac.

12. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Araminta.
(b) Tanzanika.
(c) Penny.
(d) Nigel.

13. With which of the following does the narrator purpose to vandalize his office?
(a) Green paint.
(b) A hammer.
(c) An adze.
(d) Red paint.

14. To which of the following does the narrator compare Jo Jo?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Kenneth Branagh.
(c) John Huston.
(d) Cecil B. DeMille.

15. Which of the following does Supercargo call the narrator?
(a) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Peter Lawford.
(d) Dean Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of a tour character at Shanksted?

2. In which of the following facilities does the narrator note his father had been held?

3. Which of the following is the name of the narrator’s bellhop at Shanksted?

4. With which of the following does Jo Jo supply the narrator?

5. Which of the following does the narrator report as the mascot of the team that defeated his in high school?

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