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The Sellout Quiz

Paul Beatty
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Sellout.
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The Sellout Quiz

Paul Beatty
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Sellout.

Take our free The Sellout quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the problem that Americans face in the present day? (from The Shit You Shovel, Chapter 6 – Exact Change, or Zen and the Art of Bus Riding and Relationship Repair, Chapter 10)

2.

Over time, the narrator and Hominy work full-time in what kind of job? (from Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 16 – Apples and Oranges, Chapter 20)

3.

According to the narrator as a young man, what problem faces the black community? (from City Lites: An Interlude – Too Many Mexicans, Chapter 15)

4.

What does the narrator explain to the court constitutes much of his problem? (from Prologue – The Shit You Shovel: Chapter 5)

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)

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