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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 does the narrator note as among “all the good things I’ve been doing for myself” (204)?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Sleeping more.
(c) Eating well.
(d) Working less.

2. Which of the following does the narrator note his grandfather wore?
(a) Button-down shirts.
(b) Argyle sweaters.
(c) Baggy t-shirts.
(d) Baggy a-shirts.

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Crown’s music?
(a) Birds farting.
(b) Frogs belching.
(c) Cats yodeling.
(d) Dogs caterwauling.

4. Which of the following is the ratio of Black men city residents the narrator notes have been imprisoned in Liberia?
(a) 8 in 10.
(b) 1 in 10.
(c) 1 in 2.
(d) 8 in 11.

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare himself?
(a) A duck.
(b) A bird.
(c) A boy.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does the narrator describe Nigel?

2. At which of the following hospitals is Mama’s arm treated?

3. As which of the following does the narrator note Penny’s friends refer to him?

4. Which of the following books does the narrator note is advertised in Nzinga’s clinic?

5. Who of the following provides the narrator information about Nigel’s location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator expect to hear from his father when he visits him in prison?

2. How does the narrator report imagining Dr. Nzinga?

3. What significance accrues to Armbruster signing a company that he and Octavia had worked on together?

4. What reasons are given to the narrator for asking him to be BEG’s official spokesperson?

5. How does the narrator describe his preferred workspace in the wake of Penny’s death?

6. What reason does the narrator give for beginning to learn American Sign Language?

7. What reasons are given for disbelief in ADZE’s complicity in the mall attack?

8. How does the narrator describe Booker T. Elementary when he follows Nigel there?

9. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Nigel after having drugged him (261)?

10. What does the narrator note as the inciting incident for his wanting to have Nigel demelanized?

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