Setting
The Man in My Basement takes place on which island?
What is Long Island, NY.
Charles makes money in three separate ways in this section-- name one of them.
What are playing blackjack, collecting bottles, and selling items?
The Man in My Basement belongs to this genre of literature.
What is African American fiction (or African American Underground fiction)?
This is the name that Charles dislikes being called.
What is Chuck?
The resourceful Charles makes this meal for himself without spending any money.
What fish?
Given the appearance of landlines and answering machines, this story is likely set in this decade.
What is the 1990s?
Charles was "let go" from his job at thistype of business.
What is a bank?
The novel begins using this literary technique, Latin for "in the middle of things?"
What is "in medias res"?
This is the name that Clarance hates being called.
Clara
Charles once saw a group of this animal swimming to Shelter Island.
What are deer?
Charles has lived in his current home for this period of time.
What is his entire life?
Charles loves to do this.
What is drink?
The interactions between Charles and Mr. Bennet as well as between Charles and Mr. Ryder resemble the interactions we read about in this work.
What is Invisible Man?
Charles's aunt is named after this fruit.
What is Peaches?
This is the color suffusing the first few chapters of the novel.
What is green?
One key difference between Charles and his friends Ricky and Clarance is this cultural marker.
What is the manner of their speech?
Charles is quite proud that his family was never _____________.
What is enslaved?
A blurb on the back of the book calls the novel this kind of story.
What is a fable?
The "junk appraiser" who comes to assess the property in Charles's basement.
Who is Narciss Gully?
In the context of the novel, this is another word for an empty beer bottle.
What is a fallen soldier?
The story takes place in and around this town.
What is Sag Harbor?
Charles is this many years old.
What is thirty-three.
A common adage holds that there are only two plots in all of literature:
1) A person goes on a journey.
2) _____________________.
What is "a stranger comes to town."
The man whom Charles loathes most in the world.
Who is Uncle Brent?
In several passages, the basement in question is likened to this subterranean space.
What is a crypt or grave?