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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. Which of the following does the narrator note his grandfather wore?

2. Which of the following does the narrator note is present in the Reinhardt Uplift Center?

3. Which of the following is reported as the narrator’s mother’s name?

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

5. Which of the following is the name of the English teacher at Nigel’s school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does the narrator report receiving from his grandfather?

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

3. What message does Jo Jo leave for the narrator when he leaves?

4. How does the narrator report his father describing “permitting issues” (231)?

5. What does the narrator find at Araminta’s house when he goes there in search of Nigel?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, the narrator makes repeated reference to Grand Marnier, more than to any other alcohol. Explicate the significance of the liquor.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the following comment:

What was it about people who were late of the Motherland [Africa]? There was something about the cant of their cheeks and noses that made them instantly recognizable in relief to run-of-the-mill African Americans like myself. I guessed that people like this nurse’s ancestors were history’s victors, the lucky souls who had avoided the Middle Passage and miscegenation. Coffee never diluted by creamer (151).

Is the narrator’s assertion of luckiness accurate? What in the novel and in documented history suggests that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What function does the narrator’s description of his grandfather (137) have in the novel? How is that function achieved?

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