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

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

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

5. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?
(a) "Walk forward without looking."
(b) "Hold everything black and see."
(c) "Stand in silence."
(d) "Lose need altogether."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asks of the reader in Chapter 6 of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Have you seen their" what?

2. What color is described repeatedly throughout Chapter 5?

3. 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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of imagery (simile, metaphor, etc.) in Chapter 5?

2. How does the narrator describe overcoming her inner struggle in the conclusion of Chapter 5?

3. What scenario does the author describe while waiting at a bar of a restaurant in Chapter 5?

4. What assertions does the author make regarding the James Craig Anderson incident in Chapter 6?

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

6. What does the author say regarding questions and answers in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. What does Hurricane Katrina symbolize for the author?

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

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