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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?
(a) Culinary.
(b) Quotidian.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Elusive.

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

4. Where does the author describe being when she confronts a man for calling a group of teenagers "niggers" in Chapter 1?
(a) Burger King.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) Subway.
(d) Starbucks.

5. 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?
(a) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(b) "Your ambition and hopes for progress."
(c) "Your belief in a system of justice."
(d) "Your blackness."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what airline does the author describe sitting in a window seat in Chapter 1?

3. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?

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?

5. Who is the teacher described in Chapter 1?

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