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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the number of bedrooms the narrator, Penny, and Nigel have in their suite at Shanksted?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. Which of the following does the narrator note having taught Supercargo?
(a) How to tie a tie.
(b) How to tie his shoes.
(c) How to tie a bowline hitch.
(d) How to tie one on.

3. As which of the following does Franklin dress at Octavia’s mansion?
(a) A centurion.
(b) A waiter.
(c) An inmate.
(d) A Zulu.

4. Which of the following does the narrator posit inhabits “the entire South beyond my hometown” (44)?
(a) Sergeant Slaughter.
(b) Major Payne.
(c) Colonel Sanders.
(d) General Lee.

5. With which of the following stones does Octavia track the narrator?
(a) Topaz.
(b) Amethyst.
(c) Zircon.
(d) Sardonyx.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the narrator note is a theme in Octavia’s father’s collection?

3. Which of the following does the narrator note used to live where he, Penny, and Nigel do?

4. Which of the following adjectives does the narrator apply to Nigel?

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare the fabric in the trees at Shanksted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What functions in the community does the narrator ascribe to the Chicken Coop?

2. How does the narrator note that Penny and his mother regarded each other initially?

3. What does the narrator note had been done to the face of his bellhop at Shanksted?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for not having taken Nigel to their city’s team’s basketball games before the novel?

5. How does Jo Jo describe Polaire to the narrator when he first meets her?

6. What signs of shabbiness does the narrator note about the Tiko?

7. What explanation is given for the hotbox at Shanksted?

8. What accoutrements does the narrator note accompany his Roman centurion costume?

9. How does the narrator report that Dinah pranked him early in her career?

10. What reasons does the narrator give for having distanced himself from Supercargo?

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