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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. As which of the following does Jo Jo address the narrator in the message he leaves for him?
(a) Friend.
(b) Pal.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Dude.

2. Which of the following books does the narrator note is advertised in Nzinga’s clinic?
(a) Lakeisha’s First Dance.
(b) Lakeisha’s First Perm.
(c) Lakeisha’s First Job.
(d) Lakeisha’s First Date.

3. On which of the following floors is Penny’s workplace at PHH?
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

4. Which of the following is the name of the English teacher at Nigel’s school?
(a) Mrs. Applecot.
(b) Ms. Kavanaugh.
(c) Mrs. Beardsley.
(d) Mr. Gonzales.

5. Which of the following is the news channel in the novel?
(a) 001.
(b) 555.
(c) 999.
(d) 444.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator compare himself?

2. At which of the following does the narrator purchase a cake for Penny?

3. With the loss of which of the following does the narrator’s mother threaten him?

4. At which of the following stores does the narrator note shopping?

5. From which of the following does the narrator note getting antimelanin tincture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasoning does Supercargo give for resigning from BEG?

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

3. What outcome from the attack on the festival does the narrator note for PHH?

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

5. What does the narrator’s grandfather report as the effect when “those problems done piled up on me” (137)?

6. What does the narrator identify as “The problem with going to a grocery store when you’re the noncooking partner” (215)?

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

8. What effects does the narrator note demelanization had on Crooked Crown?

9. What does the narrator note was on sale at earlier festivals at the Tiko?

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

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