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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The author asks of the reader in Chapter 6 of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Have you seen their" what?
(a) "Homes."
(b) "Loss."
(c) "Faces."
(d) "Destiny."

4. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Everyone understood you to be suffering and still everyone thought you thought" what?
(a) "You were the sun."
(b) "You were alone."
(c) "You were nothing."
(d) "You were invisible."

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

6. 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?
(a) "Guilt."
(b) "Speed."
(c) "Rage."
(d) "Intoxication."

7. In Chapter 6, the author says, "The fiction of the facts assumes innocence, ignorance, lack of intention" and what else?
(a) "Ambition."
(b) "Corruption."
(c) "Misdirection."
(d) "Education."

8. The author writes in Chapter 6, "The prison is not a place you enter. It is" what?
(a) "No place."
(b) "A place you die."
(c) "A hell."
(d) "A silence."

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

10. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is" what?
(a) "Meaningful."
(b) "Elusive."
(c) "Inexorable."
(d) "Beyond me."

11. What phrase does the author describe trying to stamp from her mind in Chapter 6?
(a) "An ideal to attain."
(b) "A cautionary warning."
(c) "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
(d) "Faith, not fear."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe happening at the drugstore in Chapter 5?

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

3. On what dates does the author cite for the section titled "In Memory of Trayvon Martin" in Chapter 6?

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

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?

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