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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. To which of the following does Nigel compare the fabric in the trees at Shanksted?
(a) Banshees.
(b) Strung-up people.
(c) Stuck-up people.
(d) Dracula.

2. In which of the following buildings of the Tiko does Supercargo live?
(a) 2.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

3. To a posterboard of which of the following does the narrator ascribe his knowledge of the rural South?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) Princess and the Frog
(c) Song of the South.
(d) Birth of a Nation.

4. In which of the following facilities does the narrator note his father had been held?
(a) Buckles.
(b) Rikers Island.
(c) Alcatraz.
(d) Angola.

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare himself with regards to his adolescent romance?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Tinker.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Spy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare Nigel?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Nigel?

4. In which of the following subdivisions does Jo Jo live?

5. In which of the following buildings of the Tiko does the narrator note having lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does the narrator note in the Shanksted map?

2. What does the narrator recall of Tyrod’s life with his son?

3. What fantasy does Octavia note to the narrator?

4. How is Tyrod described when the narrator encounters him in Supercargo’s apartment?

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

6. What is the basic plan the narrator and Jo Jo have to get material for Octavia’s campaign?

7. What does the narrator note the Racing Form tracks?

8. What incident leads to the acknowledgement that Nigel is the best cook among himself, Penny, and the narrator?

9. What options does the narrator outline for answering a question about his opinion as “the onliest black guy in the room” (8)?

10. How does the narrator explain the makeup of his company’s diversity committee?

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