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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe buying from the cashier when out with her friend in Chapter 3?
(a) A college textbook.
(b) A dress and heels.
(c) A sandwich and a Pellegrino.
(d) A steak and a glass of wine.

2. In the poetic section titled "Stop-and-Frisk" in Chapter 6, the author writes that "the charge the officer decided on was exhibition of" what?
(a) "Rage."
(b) "Speed."
(c) "Guilt."
(d) "Intoxication."

3. What was considered to be the murder weapon in James Craig Anderson's death?
(a) A knife.
(b) A rope.
(c) A truck.
(d) A gun.

4. Rankine writes in Chapter 7, "Nobody notices, only you've known, / you're not sick, not crazy, not angry, not sad-- / It's just this, you're" what?
(a) "Alone."
(b) "Under water."
(c) "Injured."
(d) "Afraid."

5. What does the author's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?
(a) "Back off."
(b) Nothing.
(c) "What is your problem?"
(d) "Who are you to ask?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the song-and-dance caricature of blacks that developed later into the term "Jim Crow" in referring to African Americans?

2. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "He said, I don't know what the water wanted. It wanted to show you" what?

3. Whom did Serena Williams play in her semifinal matchup in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?

4. What play by William Shakespeare is cited in the end of the book?

5. What word from Chapter 7 refers to a soft, indistinct sound made by a person or group of people speaking quietly or at a distance?

(see the answer key)

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