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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?
(a) The Yale University women's basketball team.
(b) The Harvard University women's basketball team.
(c) The Princeton University women's basketball team.
(d) The Rutgers University women's basketball team.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 means to have commercialized something?

2. According to the world's view, the author says in Chapter 4, "No one should adhere to the facts that contribute to" what?

3. What does the author say sighing does in Chapter 4?

4. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?

5. What does the author describe metaphorically in Chapter 5 as "well-oiled doors opening and closing between intention, gesture"?

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