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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes hearing two men outside a conference room in Chapter 3, when one says to the other that "being around black people is like" what?
(a) "Wandering alone in a desert."
(b) "Watching a foreign film without translation."
(c) "Being amongst fellow compatriots."
(d) "Being in a pool of fish."

2. What phrase is repeated in the first of the prints displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "Get you to Heaven."
(b) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(c) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(d) "I do not always feel colored."

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

4. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Someone claimed we should use our skin as" what?
(a) "Wallpaper."
(b) "A blanket."
(c) "Protection."
(d) "Revenge."

5. The author says in Chapter 4 that "truth be told, you could no more control those sighs than" what?
(a) "You could control your own mind."
(b) "The oppression of my people."
(c) "The lies of history."
(d) "That which brings the sighs about."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author claims in Chapter 5, "Listen, you, I was creating a life study of" what?

3. What does the author claim "the destination" is in Chapter 5?

4. What does the author describe her friend calling her because she is late in the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts?

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