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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ocean does the author describe "breaking on our heads" in Chapter 5?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Southern Ocean.

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

3. What word does the author use in Chapter 5 to mean a thing that blocks one's way?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Reverie.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Attribute.

4. What does the author claim "won't attach you to anything no matter how depleted you feel" in Chapter 5?
(a) "History."
(b) "Appetite."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Revenge."

5. How many individuals were indicted for conspiracy of several hate crimes against African Americans, including James Craig Anderson, committed from the spring of 2011 to March 2012?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

6. What word from Chapter 5 means relating or denoting the writing of letters?
(a) Illusory.
(b) Epistolary.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Levity.

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

8. 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.

9. Who is cited as saying that "skin color cannot be more important than the human being" in Chapter 6?
(a) John Lucas.
(b) Glenn Ligon.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Deryl Dedmon.

10. What was considered to be the murder weapon in James Craig Anderson's death?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rope.
(d) A truck.

11. The author claims in Chapter 5 that "the conversations you have with your eyes translate" what?
(a) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(b) "A shiny skyscraper."
(c) "A white cloud of rain."
(d) "Everything and nothing."

12. 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) "For justice."
(b) "To be loved."
(c) "To be found."
(d) "For history."

13. The author describes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Chapter 6, saying that her friend said that the FEMA people all wanted to stay where?
(a) In Georgia.
(b) In Arkansas.
(c) In Missouri.
(d) In Texas.

14. On what date was James Craig Anderson murdered?
(a) August 29, 2005.
(b) February 26, 2012.
(c) June 26, 2011.
(d) August 4, 2011.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author writes in Chapter 6, "In a landscape drawn from an ocean bed, you can't drive yourself" what?

3. What word from Chapter 5 means censored or obscured?

4. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to a caste in Hinduism specializing as priests, teachers, and protectors of sacred learning?

5. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?

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