View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Missouri.
(b) In Georgia.
(c) In Arkansas.
(d) In Texas.

3. How does the author describe the houses in Louisiana during Katrina in Chapter 6?
(a) As ghosts.
(b) As crumbling structures.
(c) As mumbling structures.
(d) As tumbling structures.

4. What does the author claim "the destination" is in Chapter 5?
(a) Redacted.
(b) Inexorable.
(c) Illusory.
(d) Incoherent.

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

6. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?
(a) "Metaphor."
(b) "Levity."
(c) "Hatred."
(d) "Love."

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

8. With whom was the collaboration for the script described in Chapter 6?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) Sherman James.
(c) John Lucas.
(d) Jennifer Capriati.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) Pronoun.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Gerund.

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

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

14. Who murdered James Craig Anderson?
(a) Jayson Musson.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) John Lucas.
(d) Deryl Dedmon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims in Chapter 5, "Listen, you, I was creating a life study of" what?

2. In Chapter 5, the author writes of a "Blue ceiling calling a body into the midst of" what?

3. What was considered to be the murder weapon in James Craig Anderson's death?

4. Who shot and killed Trayvon Martin?

5. Where did James Craig Anderson work?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 429 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample