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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?
2. What does Rankine refer to "the gloom" in her poem in Part III?
3. What is one major difference Rankine understands between her life and that of her dear white friend in Part III, even though they share many similarities?
4. What is the audience instructed to do at the end of the play in Part III?
5. What does Rankine's white friend tell her about why she refused to follow the play's instructions at the end of the play in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rankine stop herself abruptly when comparing herself and a white friend in Part III?
2. What did the actress Eartha Kitt do in 1968 that led to her being blacklisted?
3. Which trope does Rankine feel she is "sailing closer and closer to" in Part III at a dinner party and why does she feel this way (149)?
4. In Part IV, what kinds of conversations does Rankine include excerpts from?
5. Where does Rankine say the term "people of color" first came from?
6. How does Rankine eventually come to better understand her friend's actions at the play Fairview?
7. What upsets Rankine the most about the behavior of the other guests at the dinner party in Part III?
8. What does the white female judge say about her son in Part IV that shocks Rankine?
9. What statement did Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders make about the 2018 midterm elections that Rankine criticizes?
10. What does Rankine mean when she asks the question, "Whose boys get to be boys?" (264).
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining Rankine's reasoning behind her hesitancy to go to her daughter's parent-teacher conference along with her husband, as she explains it in Part II.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Rankine's white friend's behavior at the play "Fairview" upset her so much? How does the white friend's written response change Rankine's view on the events of that night? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the book, Rankine reveals that she asked a friend to read a draft of the book and the friend told her that the book did not lay out any real "strategy" (334). Do you agree with this critique? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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