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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which well-known actor went to the same college Sellers attended?
(a) Ricky Lee.
(b) Laurence Fishburn.
(c) Denzel Washington.
(d) Samuel L. Jackson.

2. When was the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2015.

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

4. Where is Sellers's mother originally from?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

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

6. What hospital closed its doors in 2012 due to lack of funds and petty politics, according to Sellers?
(a) Cook's Hospital.
(b) Barlington Hospital.
(c) St. Lucy's Hospital.
(d) Bamburg Hospital.

7. What do people in Sellers' hometown say when asking about family connections?
(a) Who are your family?
(b) Who's your people?
(c) What's your name?
(d) What's your kinship?

8. Where did Sellers live before moving to the town he thinks of as his hometown?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York City.
(c) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(d) Chicago.

9. Where was Pop airlifted after he got shot?
(a) Southern State Hospital.
(b) Richland in Columbia.
(c) St. Lucy's Hospital.
(d) State Hospital in Bowling Green.

10. What sport did Sellers love to play as a child and teenager?
(a) Polo.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Lacrosse.

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

12. Where did Sellers intern after his freshman year at college?
(a) Congresswoman Kay Bass's office.
(b) Congressman Cleve Singer's office.
(c) Congressman Jim Clyburn's office.
(d) Congressman Jerry Nadler's office.

13. What was one of Sellers's jobs as an intern at the congressperson's office while in college?
(a) Delivering letters to the White House.
(b) Delivering South Carolina peaches to other congresspeople.
(c) Drafting speeches.
(d) Delivering sandwiches to other congresspeople.

14. Who interviewed Sellers in 2014 for a Black Leadership video collection?
(a) Julian Bond.
(b) Katherine Kleaver.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Marlon Jackson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What turned Sellers's friend Pop off of computers?

2. Who is Sellers's older sister who became a doctor?

3. Which governor seemed to plot against Cleveland Sellers and other protesters in the late 1960s?

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

5. What is one of the most important days of Sellers's life even though it happened before his birth?

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