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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following colleges is in Sellers's hometown?
(a) Vorhees College.
(b) Amulet University.
(c) Atlanta University.
(d) New York University.

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

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

4. 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) Drafting speeches.
(c) Delivering South Carolina peaches to other congresspeople.
(d) Delivering sandwiches to other congresspeople.

5. What is one thing that Sellers writes some families in the rural South pass down to their children?
(a) Resilience.
(b) Money.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Education.

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

7. When did Pop get his GED?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2015.

8. What organization was Sellers's grandmother a board member of?
(a) NOW.
(b) NAACP.
(c) Baptist Christian Council.
(d) SNCC.

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

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

11. Where did Sellers's father receive his graduate degree?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

12. What happened to Pop when he took a knife to high school once?
(a) He was sent to juvenile hall.
(b) He was expelled.
(c) He was fined.
(d) He was sent to jail.

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

14. Who was one of Sellers's favorite teachers in high school?
(a) Miss Miller.
(b) Mr. Bass.
(c) Mr. Molnar.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had attended Morehouse but failed out and returned back to Sellers's hometown?

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

3. What job did Sellers briefly try as a teenager?

4. Who asked Sellers to give the keynote speech at the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?

5. What organization did Sellers's father drop out of college to join?

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