View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?
(a) Astute.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Inexorable.
(d) Incoherent.

2. What does the word "iterate" mean in Chapter 4?
(a) To perform or utter repeatedly.
(b) To deplete.
(c) To deceive or lie.
(d) To conjure or invent.

3. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?
(a) A bald eagle.
(b) A red-tailed hawk.
(c) A shark.
(d) A gray wolf.

4. Chapter 6 is described by the author as a script for what?
(a) A web series.
(b) An historical play.
(c) A situation video.
(d) A docu-drama.

5. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?
(a) "New paths to progress."
(b) "Reexamining history."
(c) "Just getting along."
(d) "Justice."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 refers to humor or frivolity, especially in the treatment of a serious matter?

2. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?

3. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the past has "turned your flesh into its own" what?

4. What does the author describe the storm carrying her through in Chapter 5?

5. The author writes in Chapter 6, "The prison is not a place you enter. It is" what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 229 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample