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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 211-261.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "White Boys," what do Juna and her father use to shove white boys into the parking lot?
(a) Pepper spray.
(b) Bat and rake.
(c) Shotguns.
(d) Bat and taser.

2. In "The Prairie Executioner #2," what does Claude imagine Whitney reading in a cafe?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Octavia Butler.
(d) James Baldwin.

3. In "Routine," what part of college life is Claude describing?
(a) Taking showers.
(b) Eating in the cafeteria.
(c) Studying in the library.
(d) Walking on campus.

4. At Loka House in "Reunion," what is the man wearing when Janice goes to get a room?
(a) Navy suit.
(b) T-shirt and jeans.
(c) Underwear.
(d) Jumpsuit.

5. Where do Jonah and his family move?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Missouri.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Riot," how does a blinded and coughing woman break a cop's leg?

2. In Sixty-Third Street Beach, what stones were in Claude's mother's bracelets?

3. In "Interlude," from where does Claude try to call Janice?

4. How often does a man say that he has to deliver water jugs to each floor of the dorm?

5. When Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, how long did Paul hide under a car?

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