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

2. The author writes in Chapter 1, "You are reminded of a conversation you had recently, comparing the merits of sentences constructed implicitly with 'yes, and' rather than" what?
(a) "Yes, but."
(b) "No, and."
(c) "No, but."
(d) "No."

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

4. The author claims in Chapter 1, "A friend argues that Americans battle between the 'historical self' and" what?
(a) "The 'cultural self.'"
(b) "The 'self self.'"
(c) "The need for power."
(d) "The 'future self.'"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?

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

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

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