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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From which of the following does the narrator note getting antimelanin tincture?
2. At which of the following ages does the narrator note his father had earned a PhD?
3. In which of the following colors is security at the mall uniformed?
4. Which of the following books does the narrator note is advertised in Nzinga’s clinic?
5. Which of the following does the narrator note is present in the Reinhardt Uplift Center?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does the narrator give for disliking Araminta?
2. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Nigel after having drugged him (261)?
3. How does the narrator recall his first meeting with Penny?
4. What image does the narrator report BEG uses to conceive of the United States?
5. What does the narrator expect to hear from his father when he visits him in prison?
6. How does the narrator describe Booker T. Elementary when he follows Nigel there?
7. What reasons does the narrator give for liking the Mall of the Seven Myrtles?
8. What effects does the narrator note demelanization had on Crooked Crown?
9. What reasons are given to the narrator for asking him to be BEG’s official spokesperson?
10. How is “the original ADZE” described (218)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What function does the narrator’s description of his grandfather (137) have in the novel? How is that function achieved?
Essay Topic 2
Is the narrator ultimately a sympathetic character? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
Early on, the narrator notes the contents of Octavia’s library, which include Eyes without a Face, The Hip Hop Ontologist’s View of Leda and the Swan, and Blackstone’s Law; Octavia notes that the books are “real, but mainly for effect” (8). What effect are they likely to have, and why?
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