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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim were the "drugs of choice in Amherst" in the 1980s in Chapter 3 (72)?
(a) Granola bars and kale salads.
(b) Cocaine and marijuana.
(c) Real estate and faith in the future.
(d) Heroin and cocaine.

2. Where did Kristin Marvin live with her family?
(a) Tattery.
(b) Pelham.
(c) Malvern.
(d) Shutesbury.

3. The author notes in Chapter 2, "As a child of mixed races, Jamila was often asked by interviewers whether she identified more with being white or with being black" (43). How did Jamila respond?
(a) She said she most identified with being black.
(b) She said that it depended on who she was around.
(c) She said she most identified with being herself.
(d) She said she most identified with being white.

4. What mountain range embraces Amherst at its southern border?
(a) The Holyoke Mountains.
(b) The Rocky Mountains.
(c) The Apache Mountains.
(d) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.

5. When did women first enter Amherst College as transfer students?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first class admitted into the Hampshire College?

2. When was Jamila Wideman born?

3. On what team did Rita Powell play when she attended the Dave Cowens Basketball School?

4. Who is Kristin Marvin's maternal grandmother?

5. What is Jamila Wideman's father's profession?

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