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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. On what dates does the author cite for the section titled "In Memory of Trayvon Martin" in Chapter 6?
(a) August 29, 2005.
(b) August 4, 2011.
(c) June 26, 2011.
(d) February 26, 2012.

2. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date was Mark Duggan murdered?

3. On what date did the center of Hurricane Katrina pass southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana?

4. Where is the author when she describes a man showing her a picture of his wife in Chapter 5?

5. What does the author describe around the collar of her big coat in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scenario does the author present when an unnamed man is arrested in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. What is the author referring to when she writes "I was creating a life study of a monumental first person, a Brahmin first person"?

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

6. How does the author describe the past in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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