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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?
(a) How uncomfortable she makes her feel.
(b) That she reminds her of her sister.
(c) How comfortable she makes her feel.
(d) That she is welcome to return and visit.

2. What does the author describe around the collar of her big coat in Chapter 5?
(a) "Fancy fur."
(b) "Soft silk."
(c) "A wool scarf."
(d) "Fake fur."

3. The author writes in Chapter 7, "You are not sick, you are not injured-- you ache for" what?
(a) "Communion."
(b) "Your solitude."
(c) "Consistency."
(d) "The rest of life."

4. What does the author describe her new therapist specializing in, in Chapter 1?
(a) Marriage counseling.
(b) Trauma counseling.
(c) Anxiety disorders.
(d) Family counseling.

5. 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) Chris Marker.
(b) Glenn Ligon.
(c) Sherman James.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe the woman doing in the parking lot in Chapter 7?

2. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?

3. The author describes "the past" as a life sentence and uses what metaphor to describe it in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?

5. What is the name of Serena Williams's sister?

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