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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why is the City of Dickens deleted from the map? (from Prologue – The Shit You Shovel: Chapter 5)

To increase the property values of surrounding areas.

To eliminate the town from being an embarassment to San Francisco.

To maintain its small town atmosphere by being isolated.

To pave the way for a new highway.

2.

Why is Marpessa bringing her bus home with her every night? (from City Lites: An Interlude – Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 15)

It is ideal for neighborhood barbeques.

She is proud of the narrator.

Her brother needs a place to crash.

She enjoys sleeping on the bus.

3.

According to the narrator, what truth about Los Angeles do most people ignore? (from Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 16 – Apples and Oranges, Chapter 20)

It has the lowest crime rate among people of all races in the world.

It is one of the most integrated cities in the world.

It was founded by a black man.

It is one of the most segregated cities in the world.

4.

Why does the narrator argue that the word "nigger" should be left in classic literature? (from The Shit You Shovel, Chapter 6 – Exact Change, or Zen and the Art of Bus Riding and Relationship Repair, Chapter 10)

Foy is trying to make money off the backs of people who have already written.

Nothing can alter the perception of timeless literature.

Foy has stolen ideas from other people in the past, such as the narrator's father.

Shetlering people from reality and history does them more harm than good.

5.

Why do Stevie, Marpessa, and others throw an orange at Foy and tell him to go back to "white America"? (from Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 16 – Apples and Oranges, Chapter 20)

Foy is white.

They believe Foy is responsible for the Wheaton Academy.

They have nothing better to do with their time.

They do not believe he is "black" enough.

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