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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

Her brother needs a place to crash.

She enjoys sleeping on the bus.

She is proud of the narrator.

It is ideal for neighborhood barbeques.

2.

What goads Hominy into wanting to become a slave? (from Prologue – The Shit You Shovel: Chapter 5)

A brain injury that changes his perception of right and wrong.

The repossession of his house by the bank.

The deletion of Dickens.

A fire that destroy all of his belongings.

3.

For what reason is the narrator on trial at the Supreme Court? (from Prologue – The Shit You Shovel: Chapter 5)

Hurling racist language at a group of white women.

Owning a slave.

Performing in blackface.

Refusing service at a restaurant to an Asian woman.

4.

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.

5.

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)

Nothing can alter the perception of timeless literature.

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

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

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

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