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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

2. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) National Geographic Genographic Project.
(b) Ancestry DNA.
(c) Living DNA.
(d) 23andMe.

4. In what city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Nice.
(d) Paris.

5. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 42.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?

2. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

3. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?

4. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

5. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose had Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, the author of "The Weight," come to London just before her acquaintance convinces her to visit James Baldwin's former house in France?

2. How does Carol Anderson refute the idea that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision was a complete triumph for black advancement in America?

3. How is Jesmyn Ward's experience of receiving her genetic ancestry results different from the experiences of her parents?

4. What is the main claim being made regarding a Nadir within the essay "Where Do We Go from Here"?

5. What does Jesmyn Ward list among the issues with which black people in America are exhausted?

6. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say that she feels upon looking at all of the works within The Fire This Time and why?

7. To what conclusion does Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ultimately come to about the desire to "preserve things" (31)?

8. What connection does Carol Anderson make between the Great Recession and the plight of modern African-Americans?

9. What are the three things Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah says are the only things she knows about being black in America?

10. How does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" evoke feelings of hope in the reader at the end of her essay?

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