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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is" what?
(a) "Inexorable."
(b) "Elusive."
(c) "Meaningful."
(d) "Beyond me."

2. Who wrote the following quotation that opens the book: "If they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Sherman James.
(c) Glenn Ligon.
(d) Chris Marker.

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Yesterday called to say we were together and you were" what?
(a) "Lost."
(b) "Waiting."
(c) "Bloodshot."
(d) "Broken."

4. What is the narrator instructed to do after being fingerprinted and stripped in "Stop-and-Frisk" in Chapter 6?
(a) To step into the holding cell.
(b) To leave and walk home.
(c) To speak with her lawyer.
(d) To make a telephone call.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What phrase does the author describe trying to stamp from her mind in Chapter 6?

3. Where does the author describe rushing to meet a friend in the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. The author writes in Chapter 1, "You are reminded of a conversation you had recently, comparing the merits of sentences constructed implicitly with 'yes, and' rather than" what?

5. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "Someone in the audience asks the man promoting his new book on humor what makes something funny. His answer is what you expect." What is the answer he gives?

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