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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?
(a) "Sheep."
(b) "Deer."
(c) "Slaves."
(d) "Children."

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

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

4. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?
(a) On Jackson Street.
(b) On White Plains Road.
(c) On Steinway Street.
(d) On Broadway.

5. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(b) "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."
(c) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(d) "The meaning of life."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?

2. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "Someone in the audience asks the man promoting his new book on humor what makes something funny. His answer is what you expect." What is the answer he gives?

3. What radio host is cited by the author in Chapter 3 for insulting a women's basketball team with racist slurs in Chapter 3?

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

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

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