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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 – 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the following quotation that opens the book: "If they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Chris Marker.
(d) Sherman James.

3. What does the author claim that moaning elicits in Chapter 4?
(a) Pity.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Laughter.

4. In Chapter 1, the author begins with the statement, "When you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices, you let yourself linger in" what?
(a) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(b) "A white cloud of rain."
(c) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(d) "A desperation that you cannot name."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl behind the school girl ask her to do when they are taking exams in Chapter 1?

2. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?

3. According to the world's view, the author says in Chapter 4, "No one should adhere to the facts that contribute to" what?

4. What does the author's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?

5. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?

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