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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the Jena Six convicted of beating?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) Deryl Dedmon.
(d) Justin Barker.

2. What word from Chapter 6 means to represent something as being beautiful?
(a) Inflect.
(b) Reverie.
(c) Aestheticize.
(d) Redact.

3. 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 make a telephone call.
(d) To speak with her lawyer.

4. In Chapter 5, the author writes of a "Blue ceiling calling a body into the midst of" what?
(a) "Azure."
(b) "Freedom."
(c) "Melancholy."
(d) "Legality."

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

6. The author writes in Chapter 6, "In a landscape drawn from an ocean bed, you can't drive yourself" what?
(a) "Sane."
(b) "To love."
(c) "Insane."
(d) "To revenge."

7. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?
(a) "The madman."
(b) "A throat to open."
(c) "History."
(d) "The world of evil."

8. What does the author describe metaphorically in Chapter 5 as "well-oiled doors opening and closing between intention, gesture"?
(a) "Politics."
(b) "Actions."
(c) "Words."
(d) "Performances."

9. In a poetic monologue in Chapter 6, the author writes, "The hearts of my brothers are" what?
(a) "Healed."
(b) "Shining."
(c) "Broken."
(d) "Genuine."

10. Where was James Craig Anderson murdered?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Sarasota, Florida.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Oxford, Mississippi.

11. On what dates does the author cite for the section titled "In Memory of Trayvon Martin" in Chapter 6?
(a) August 4, 2011.
(b) June 26, 2011.
(c) August 29, 2005.
(d) February 26, 2012.

12. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?
(a) She is young.
(b) She is white.
(c) She is Hispanic.
(d) She is black.

13. What does "FEMA" stand for?
(a) The Financial Emergency Mitigation Agency.
(b) The First Emercency Management Agency.
(c) The Federal Extention Management Agency.
(d) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.

14. Who shot and killed Trayvon Martin?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Sherman James.
(d) George Zimmerman.

15. What does the author describe the storm carrying her through in Chapter 5?
(a) Dusk.
(b) The forest.
(c) Dawn.
(d) The desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes the script in Chapter 6 as being comprised of quotes from what television station?

2. What does the author claim "the destination" is in Chapter 5?

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is" what?

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

5. The author asks of the reader in Chapter 6 of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Have you seen their" what?

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