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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
(a) Grandmama.
(b) Mama.
(c) Gran.
(d) Granny.

2. The series of Know Your Rights murals were commissioned by a coalition of grassroots organizations called People's Justice for Community Control and what?
(a) Public Safety.
(b) Police Accountability.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Freedom of Movement.

3. To which book of the Bible does the OutKast song "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)" refer?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Job.
(d) Revelations.

4. How many of Mitchell Jackson's father figures were biologically related to him?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Zero.

5. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?
(a) White male shift managers.
(b) The women at her church.
(c) Preceding Southern black women workers.
(d) Upcoming Southern black women workers.

6. From the deaths of Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, how many indictments were handed down?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Zero.

7. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?
(a) Weather.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Police.
(d) Criminals.

8. When Kevin Young states that being black is not a feeling and is not "simply a state of mind" (109), what does he say blackness is instead?
(a) A way of believing.
(b) A way of being.
(c) A way of living.
(d) A way of acting.

9. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?
(a) His body was evidence.
(b) To keep the number of witnesses low.
(c) She was hysterical.
(d) Because her husband requested that she not be allowed to see his body.

10. How old was Tamir Rice at the time he was shot and killed by Cleveland police officers?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

11. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?
(a) Baking a rhubarb pie for his grandmother.
(b) Applying to graduate schools.
(c) Applying for jobs.
(d) Writing a paper about "The Cask of Amontillado."

12. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?
(a) The Goin' Out Blues.
(b) Black and Blue.
(c) Carefree and Panicked.
(d) Still Two Americas.

13. What is NOT one of the services Mitchell Jackson says had been provided to him by one or all of his group of father figures?
(a) They had given him tough love when he needed it.
(b) They had made sure he knew it was in him to surpass them.
(c) They had bestowed him with wisdom.
(d) They had nurtured him.

14. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
(a) Negril.
(b) Montego Bay.
(c) Kingston.
(d) Portmore.

15. What musician does Kevin Young name as the most prominent example of a white person living as a black person?
(a) Little Richard.
(b) Johnny Otis.
(c) Bobby Darin.
(d) Rufus Wainwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?

2. Kiese Laymon reports that it "was only after listening to ATLliens" that he realized where he needed to go as a human being and an artist. What did he decide he needed to do?

3. To what city did the author of "Black and Blue" move in 1996 in order to attend college?

4. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?

5. What does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" ultimately determine is the one feeling that the whole United States needs to share before racially-motivated police brutality can end?

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