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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first deadly shootout to occur on a U.S. college campus involving police?
(a) Southern Carolina State.
(b) Kent State.
(c) The Howard Masacre.
(d) The Orangeburg Massacre.

2. Who asked Sellers to give the keynote speech at the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) Michael Marlon.
(b) Julian Bond.
(c) Bill Hine.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

3. Which famous civil rights leader is Sellers pictured with as a baby?
(a) Marshall Windham.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) Luther Jackson.
(d) Nedham Raines.

4. What kinds of fish did Sellers use to catch with his siblings?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Bass.
(d) Crappies.

5. What substance had the state government been adding to the water in Denmark for years?
(a) HaloSan.
(b) Beano.
(c) Lead.
(d) Chlorinated Sulfate.

6. What popular beverage used to be bottled in Sellers's hometown?
(a) Frank's Lemonate.
(b) Orangeade.
(c) Ginger Ale.
(d) Coca-Cola.

7. What city is Sellers from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Denmark.

8. Where did Sellers's mother begin teaching when the family lived in South Carolina?
(a) South Carolina State University.
(b) University at Chapel Hill.
(c) Bowling Green State University.
(d) Nillhill University.

9. Before 9/11, who were the only terrorists Sellers said he had ever heard about?
(a) The Weathermen.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The Taliban.
(d) The Jersey Six.

10. Who is Sellers's father?
(a) James Sellers.
(b) Marlon Sellers.
(c) Robert Sellers.
(d) Cleveland Sellers.

11. Who was Sellers's favorite basketball team as a child?
(a) UConn.
(b) Florida State.
(c) Duke.
(d) NYU.

12. What state is Sellers from?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Florida.

13. What is the game of put-downs called?
(a) The One Hundred.
(b) The Jive.
(c) The Dozens.
(d) The Driving.

14. What did Pop turn his attention to after his father's death?
(a) Football and Soccer.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Computers.
(d) History.

15. Who had attended Morehouse but failed out and returned back to Sellers's hometown?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Marshall.
(c) James.
(d) Ricky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sellers say he looked like when he started college?

2. How did Pop's father die?

3. Who interviewed Sellers in 2014 for a Black Leadership video collection?

4. What is one thing that Sellers writes some families in the rural South pass down to their children?

5. What Church did Sellers's family join in 1990?

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