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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 – 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?
(a) Reactionary.
(b) Implicit.
(c) Inexorable.
(d) Visionary.

3. 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) Sherman James.
(b) Chris Marker.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Glenn Ligon.

4. How many bad calls did the umpire detractor make against Serena Williams in her semifinal matchup in 2004?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

5. On what airline does the author describe sitting in a window seat in Chapter 1?
(a) American Airlines.
(b) United Airlines.
(c) Delta Airlines.
(d) Pan-Am Airlines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the school girl attend school in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the "distinguished tennis chair umpire" described in Chapter 2 as "the most notorious of Serena's detractors"?

3. What artist stenciled the line "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background" on canvas, transforming the words into abstractions?

4. The author writes in Chapter 1, "If this were a domestic tragedy, and it might well be, this would be your fatal flaw." What is the fatal flaw she describes?

5. What tennis tournament have the Williams sisters boycotted since 2001?

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