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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the ocean do regarding the "blues it can't absorb" in Chapter 5?
(a) It hides.
(b) It shivers.
(c) It blushes.
(d) It flees.

3. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. What does the author's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?
(a) "Back off."
(b) Nothing.
(c) "What is your problem?"
(d) "Who are you to ask?"

5. What does the author describe happening at the drugstore in Chapter 5?
(a) She is falsely arrested.
(b) Her card is declined.
(c) Her friend slips and falls.
(d) A man breaks in line ahead of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tennis superstar expressed his shock that Serena Williams was able to hold it together after losing the semifinal match in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?

2. What does the author tell the reader not to lean against in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the word "denigrate" mean in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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