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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who were the Jena Six convicted of beating?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Justin Barker.
(c) Deryl Dedmon.
(d) Glenn Ligon.

3. What does the author tell the reader not to lean against in Chapter 5?
(a) The fence.
(b) The peeling paint.
(c) The wallpaper.
(d) The judge.

4. What phrase does the author describe trying to stamp from her mind in Chapter 6?
(a) "Faith, not fear."
(b) "An ideal to attain."
(c) "A cautionary warning."
(d) "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

5. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?
(a) She is young.
(b) She is black.
(c) She is Hispanic.
(d) She is white.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a" what?

2. What does the author describe her new therapist specializing in, in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does the author claim "isn't a cure for feeling, it is a clean displacement of effort, will, and disappointment" in Chapter 4?

5. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?

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