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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a thing that represents or stands for something else?
(a) Simile.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbol.

2. Where did James Craig Anderson work?
(a) At a Toyota plant.
(b) At a Chevrolet plant.
(c) At a Nissan plant.
(d) At a Ford plant.

3. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?
(a) "A throat to open."
(b) "The madman."
(c) "History."
(d) "The world of evil."

4. In the poetic section titled "Stop-and-Frisk" in Chapter 6, the author writes that "the charge the officer decided on was exhibition of" what?
(a) "Guilt."
(b) "Rage."
(c) "Intoxication."
(d) "Speed."

5. The author describes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Chapter 6, saying that her friend said that the FEMA people all wanted to stay where?
(a) In Texas.
(b) In Georgia.
(c) In Arkansas.
(d) In Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 3, "After considering Butler's remarks, you begin to understand yourself as rendered" what?

2. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?

3. What does the "woman with multiple degrees" say she didn't know black women could get, in Chapter 3?

4. What film does the author describe seeing with a friend in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?

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