View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the performer who invented the persona of Hennessy Youngman?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) Chris Marker.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Jayson Musson.

2. What does the word "denigrate" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) To criticize unfairly.
(b) To leave a situation.
(c) To elevate someone.
(d) To imply.

3. Where does the school girl attend school in Chapter 1?
(a) The PS 242.
(b) The St. Edwards School.
(c) The Sts. Philip and James School.
(d) The School for the Blind.

4. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Mary Catherine.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah Anne.

5. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?
(a) The Rutgers University women's basketball team.
(b) The Princeton University women's basketball team.
(c) The Harvard University women's basketball team.
(d) The Yale University women's basketball team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 4 refers to a contemplative person?

2. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?

3. Where does the author describe being when she confronts a man for calling a group of teenagers "niggers" in Chapter 1?

4. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?

5. The author says in Chapter 4 that "truth be told, you could no more control those sighs than" what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 281 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample