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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe the passenger in her car telling her in Chapter 1?
(a) "That his wife is leaving him for the dean with whom she's been having an affair."
(b) "That his dean is making him hire a person of color when there are so many great writers out there."
(c) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(d) "That his work was examining race in America."

2. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?
(a) "Lose need altogether."
(b) "Stand in silence."
(c) "Hold everything black and see."
(d) "Walk forward without looking."

3. On what date did the beating take place involving the Jena Six?
(a) December 4, 2006.
(b) August 29, 2005.
(c) February 26, 2012.
(d) August 4, 2011.

4. What ocean does the author describe "breaking on our heads" in Chapter 5?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Southern Ocean.

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to humor or frivolity, especially in the treatment of a serious matter?
(a) Irony.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Levity.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where is the author when she describes a man showing her a picture of his wife in Chapter 5?

3. Who is cited as saying that "skin color cannot be more important than the human being" in Chapter 6?

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

5. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?

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