The Chitling Intelligenace Test.
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One facetious attempt to develop an intelligence test that utilizes distinctively black-ghetto experiences is the Chitling Test. It is a humorous example that demonstrates well the built-in cultural bias found in most IQ tests. The Chitling Test (formally, the Dove Counterbalance General Intelligence Test) was designed by Adrian Dove, a Black sociologist. Aware of the dialect differences, he developed this exam as a half-serious attempt to show that American children are just not all speaking the same language.
- 1.
- A.
A cool cat
- B.
A porter
- C.
An Uncle Tom
- D.
A hoddi
- E.
A preacher
- 2.Which word is most out of place here?
- A.
Splib
- B.
Blood
- C.
Gray
- D.
Spook
- E.
Black
- 3.A "gas head" is a person who has a:
- A.
Fast-moving car
- B.
Stable of "lace"
- C.
"process"
- D.
Habit of stealing cars
- E.
Long jail record for arson
- 4."Bo Diddley" is a:
- A.
Game for children
- B.
Down-home cheap wine
- C.
Down-home singer
- D.
New dance
- E.
Moejoe call
- 5."Hully Gully" came from:
- A.
East Oakland
- B.
Fillmore
- C.
Watts
- D.
Harlem
- E.
Motor City
- 6.Cheap chitlings (not the kind you purchase at a frozen food counter) will taste rubbery unless they are cooked long enough. How soon can you quit cooking them to eat and enjoy them?
- A.
45 minutes
- B.
2 hours
- C.
24 hours
- D.
1 week (on a low flame)
- E.
1 hour
- 7.What are the "Dixie Hummingbirds?"
- A.
Part of the KKK
- B.
A swamp disease
- C.
A modern gospel group
- D.
A Mississippi Negro paramilitary group
- E.
Deacons
- 8.If you throw the dice and 7 is showing on the top, what is facing down?
- A.
7
- B.
Snake eyes
- C.
Boxcars
- D.
Little Joes
- E.
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- 9."Jet" is:
- A.
An East Oakland motorcycle club
- B.
One of the gangs in "West Side Story"
- C.
A news and gossip magazine
- D.
A way of life for the very rich.
- 10.T-Bone Walker got famous for playing what?
- A.
Trombone
- B.
Piano
- C.
"T-flute"
- D.
Guitar
- E.
"hambone"
- 11."Bird" or "Yardbird" was the "jacket" that jazz lovers from coast to coast hung on:
- A.
Lester Young
- B.
Peggy Lee
- C.
Benny Goodman
- D.
Charlie Parker
- E.
"Birdman of Alcatraz"
- 12.
- A.
$80
- B.
$2
- C.
$35
- D.
$150
- E.
$100
- 13."Money don't get everything it's true."
- A.
But I don't have none and I'm so blue
- B.
But what it don't get I can't use
- C.
So make do with what you've got
- D.
But I don't know that and neither do you
- 14.How much does a short dog cost?
- A.
$0.15
- B.
$2.00
- C.
$0.35
- D.
$0.05
- E.
$0.86 plus tax
- 15.Many people say that "Juneteenth" (June 19) should be made a legal holiday because this was the day when:
- A.
The slaves were freed in the USA
- B.
The slaves were freed in Texas
- C.
The slaves were freed in Jamaica
- D.
The slaves were freed in California
- E.
Martin Luther King was born
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