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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Sellers's father?
(a) James Sellers.
(b) Marlon Sellers.
(c) Cleveland Sellers.
(d) Robert Sellers.
2. Where is Sellers's mother originally from?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.
3. What substance had the state government been adding to the water in Denmark for years?
(a) HaloSan.
(b) Beano.
(c) Chlorinated Sulfate.
(d) Lead.
4. What did Sellers say he looked like when he started college?
(a) A pipe cleaner.
(b) A car.
(c) A bean pole.
(d) A Q-tip.
5. What turned Sellers's friend Pop off of computers?
(a) His father had bought him one just before he died tragically.
(b) He stole one, and the crime sent him to jail.
(c) He never learned to use one because he was afraid of them.
(d) They were always too expensive.
6. Where was the so-called "Black Wall Street" in the early 1900s in America?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.
7. When did Pop get his GED?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2013.
8. How did Pop's father die?
(a) He had untreated diabetes.
(b) He was driving under the influence of alcohol and crashed his car.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He died from Influenza.
9. What hospital closed its doors in 2012 due to lack of funds and petty politics, according to Sellers?
(a) Bamburg Hospital.
(b) Barlington Hospital.
(c) Cook's Hospital.
(d) St. Lucy's Hospital.
10. What is one of the most important days of Sellers's life even though it happened before his birth?
(a) March 19, 1965.
(b) February 8, 1968.
(c) December 15, 1955.
(d) July 24, 1950.
11. What organization did Sellers's father drop out of college to join?
(a) NOW.
(b) NAACP.
(c) RLTB.
(d) SNCC.
12. When was Cleveland Sellers pardoned?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1975.
13. When was the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2018.
14. Who asked Sellers to give the keynote speech at the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) Julian Bond.
(b) Bill Hine.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Michael Marlon.
15. What popular beverage used to be bottled in Sellers's hometown?
(a) Coca-Cola.
(b) Ginger Ale.
(c) Orangeade.
(d) Frank's Lemonate.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following colleges is in Sellers's hometown?
2. How many Black men were killed at the Orangeburg Massacre?
3. What did Sellers's grandmother die from?
4. Where did Sellers attend College?
5. What does Sellers say many people have done if they are from rural South Carolina?
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