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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) American Airlines.
(b) United Airlines.
(c) Delta Airlines.
(d) Pan-Am Airlines.

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

3. What does "FEMA" stand for?
(a) The Federal Extention Management Agency.
(b) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(c) The Financial Emergency Mitigation Agency.
(d) The First Emercency Management Agency.

4. The author claims in Chapter 3 that "Language that feels hurtful is intended to exploit all the ways that you are" what?
(a) "Oppressed."
(b) "Present."
(c) "Alive."
(d) "Enraged."

5. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?
(a) "In celluloid."
(b) "In isolation."
(c) "In black."
(d) "In loss."

Short Answer Questions

1. On what dates does the author cite for the section titled "In Memory of Trayvon Martin" in Chapter 6?

2. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is" what?

3. How many bad calls did the umpire detractor make against Serena Williams in her semifinal matchup in 2004?

4. What does the author describe the man at the cash register asking her in Chapter 3?

5. What literary word employed by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to either the participants or something else?

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