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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in Chapter 6, "My brother is completed by" what?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Hope."
(c) "Nothing."
(d) "Sky."

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

4. Where was Trayvon Martin killed?
(a) Gainesville, Florida.
(b) Sanford, Florida.
(c) Pensacola, Florida.
(d) Miami, Florida.

5. 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) "Revenge."
(d) "Love."

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

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) "Education."
(d) "Misdirection."

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

9. Chapter 6 is described by the author as a script for what?
(a) A docu-drama.
(b) A web series.
(c) A situation video.
(d) An historical play.

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

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

12. The author describes the script in Chapter 6 as being comprised of quotes from what television station?
(a) MSNBC.
(b) ABC News.
(c) FOX News.
(d) CNN.

13. What word from Chapter 5 means censored or obscured?
(a) Depleted.
(b) Impelled.
(c) Compelled.
(d) Redacted.

14. On what date did the beating take place involving the Jena Six?
(a) December 4, 2006.
(b) August 4, 2011.
(c) August 29, 2005.
(d) February 26, 2012.

15. When was Trayvon Martin born?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "He said, I don't know what the water wanted. It wanted to show you" what?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to something suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit?

3. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a" what?

4. What does the author describe the storm carrying her through in Chapter 5?

5. What literary word employed by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to either the participants or something else?

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