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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?
(a) Because of his lack of ambition.
(b) Because of affirmative action.
(c) Because of his lack of extracurricular activities.
(d) Because of his failing grades.

2. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah Anne.
(b) Maria.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Mary Catherine.

3. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?
(a) The Harvard University women's basketball team.
(b) The Rutgers University women's basketball team.
(c) The Yale University women's basketball team.
(d) The Princeton University women's basketball team.

4. Where does the author solicit the reader to "Join me down here" in Chapter 5?
(a) "In nowhere."
(b) "In tomorrow."
(c) "In history."
(d) "In sorrow."

5. 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?
(a) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(b) "A white cloud of rain."
(c) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(d) "A past stacked among your pillows."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe holding in her hand as she leans against the sink in the end of Chapter 5?

2. What was the song-and-dance caricature of blacks that developed later into the term "Jim Crow" in referring to African Americans?

3. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?

4. What color is described repeatedly throughout Chapter 5?

5. What does the author describe happening at the drugstore in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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