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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sellers's grandmother die from?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Heart attack.

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

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

4. How many Black men were killed at the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) 3.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

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

7. What job did Sellers briefly try as a teenager?
(a) Mowing lawns.
(b) Picking melons.
(c) Doing taxes.
(d) Selling ice cream.

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

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

10. What is one of the most important days of Sellers's life even though it happened before his birth?
(a) February 8, 1968.
(b) July 24, 1950.
(c) December 15, 1955.
(d) March 19, 1965.

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

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

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

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

15. What did Sellers say he looked like when he started college?
(a) A car.
(b) A Q-tip.
(c) A bean pole.
(d) A pipe cleaner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were injured at the Orangeburg Massacre?

2. What do people in Sellers' hometown say when asking about family connections?

3. What does Sellers say many people have done if they are from rural South Carolina?

4. Where was the so-called "Black Wall Street" in the early 1900s in America?

5. Who was Sellers's favorite basketball team as a child?

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