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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date did the center of Hurricane Katrina pass southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana?
(a) August 4, 2011.
(b) August 29, 2005.
(c) February 26, 2012.
(d) June 26, 2005.

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

4. The author claims in Chapter 5, "Listen, you, I was creating a life study of" what?
(a) "An alienated and unkind soul."
(b) "A clown."
(c) "Our ancestors."
(d) "A monumental first person."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author says, "The fiction of the facts assumes innocence, ignorance, lack of intention" and what else?

2. In a poetic monologue in Chapter 6, the author writes, "The hearts of my brothers are" what?

3. 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?

4. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are "words" presented in Chapter 5?

2. What is an example of irony in Chapter 5? How does this example serve the work?

3. How is the theme of the pain of prejudice explored in Chapter 6?

4. What theme is explored by the author in examining the Trayvon Martin case in Chapter 6?

5. What theme is explored when the narrator describes her experience in the drug store in Chapter 5?

6. How does the author describe the effects of Hurricane Katrina in Chapter 6?

7. What does the author state regarding the Jena Six case in Chapter 6?

8. Why does the author discuss eating cereal in Chapter 5?

9. How does the author juxtapose the reality of Hurrican Katrina victims with their depiction in the media?

10. What does Hurricane Katrina symbolize for the author?

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