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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 girl behind the school girl ask her to do when they are taking exams in Chapter 1?
(a) To tell the teacher that she is going to be sick.
(b) To lean to the right so she can copy her answers.
(c) To ask the teacher for a pencil.
(d) To go with her to the restroom.

2. 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.

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?
(a) "To be found."
(b) "To be loved."
(c) "For justice."
(d) "For history."

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

5. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?
(a) A shark.
(b) A gray wolf.
(c) A red-tailed hawk.
(d) A bald eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Patricia Williams's The Alchemy of Race and Rights: The Diary of a Law Professor published?

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

3. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts?

5. The author claims in Chapter 5 that "the conversations you have with your eyes translate" what?

(see the answer key)

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