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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 claim the world says not to wear in the house in Chapter 4?
(a) Hats.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Shoes.

2. 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) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(b) "A white cloud of rain."
(c) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(d) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."

3. On what date was Mark Duggan murdered?
(a) August 4, 2011.
(b) August 29, 2005.
(c) February 26, 2012.
(d) December 4, 2006.

4. Where does author Claudia Rankine teach?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Pomona College.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

5. Whom did Serena Williams play in her semifinal matchup in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?
(a) Venus Williams.
(b) Mariana Alves.
(c) Glenn Ligon.
(d) Jennifer Capriati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe around the collar of her big coat in Chapter 5?

2. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?

3. Where is the film Beau Travail set?

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

5. When was Trayvon Martin born?

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