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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 6, "My brother is completed by" what?
(a) "Hope."
(b) "Sky."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Nothing."

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

3. What does the author describe Serena Williams doing during the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) Leaving the court.
(b) Breaking down into tears.
(c) Exploding in an outburst of rage.
(d) Calling the authorities.

4. There is a quote from Claire Denis in Chapter 7, in which the filmmaker says, "It's not the job of films to" do what?
(a) "Nurse people."
(b) "Give answers."
(c) "Relate."
(d) "Ask questions."

5. Whose "name sounds from the car radio a dozen times each half hour" in Chapter 7?
(a) Serena Williams's.
(b) Deryl Dedmon's.
(c) George Zimmerman's.
(d) Trayvon Martin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 5 means to cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority?

2. 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?

3. The author writes in Chapter 1, "If this were a domestic tragedy, and it might well be, this would be your fatal flaw." What is the fatal flaw she describes?

4. What does the author describe buying from the cashier when out with her friend in Chapter 3?

5. Chapter 6 is described by the author as a script for what?

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