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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sellers live during the summer of his junior year of college?
(a) A dorm on the campus of Morehouse.
(b) Villages of East Lake.
(c) A homeless shelter.
(d) A dorm on the campus of Chapel Hill.

2. When did Sellers graduate from Morehouse College?
(a) August 2008.
(b) May 2003.
(c) May 2005.
(d) June 2004.

3. Who did Jarrod call to raise money for Sellers in 2005?
(a) Classmates from Orange County.
(b) Classmates from Morehouse and Spelman.
(c) Classmates from Yale.
(d) Classmates from Harvard.

4. What piece of advice did Sellers father give him about arguing with a fool?
(a) Never let anyone make you feel inferior.
(b) Do not do it because the people watching cannot tell the difference.
(c) Always fight the fights worth fighting.
(d) Always have a firm retort ready.

5. Which of the following did Sellers view as critical to his candidacy in 2005?
(a) Knocking on doors.
(b) Calling people to ask for their vote.
(c) Yard signs.
(d) Flags.

6. In 2014, what political risk did Sellers take?
(a) He ran for senate in South Carolina.
(b) He ran for governor of South Carolina.
(c) He ran for president of the United States.
(d) He ran for lieutenant governor in South Carolina.

7. Why does Sellers think leadership is an interesting word?
(a) It has Greek origins.
(b) No one ever uses it correctly.
(c) There is no clear definition.
(d) It is a relatively new word.

8. Which friend of Sellers died as a young teenager?
(a) Betrand.
(b) Alfred McClenan.
(c) Pop.
(d) Robert James.

9. Who was Sellers opponent in his 2014 campaign?
(a) Randall Holmes.
(b) Mark Markinson.
(c) Henry McMaster.
(d) James Dordry.

10. Where did Sellers do a campaign event with Barack Obama in 2007?
(a) Vorhees College.
(b) The Nurmberg Center.
(c) South Carolina State University in Orangeburg.
(d) Chapel Hill.

11. Which mayor of Atlanta helped inspire Sellers's first political slogan that he used?
(a) Hettie Williams.
(b) Marshall Williams.
(c) Joyce Brainerd.
(d) Shirley Franklin.

12. What radio show did Sellers go on to talk about the prevalence of anxiety in African American families?
(a) The Breakfast Club.
(b) Mighty Runners.
(c) Pod Save America.
(d) First Shot.

13. Who gave Sellers his start-up money for his 2005 campaign?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His favorite professor.
(d) His roommate.

14. What transgression plagued Sellers for years afterwards?
(a) Being charged with disorderly conduct.
(b) His prosecution for shoplifting.
(c) His traffic violation.
(d) His prosecution for drug possession.

15. When was the last time an African American was elected to a statewide political office in South Carolina?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child features in a famous picture of himself and Barack Obama from 2009, in which Obama lets the child touch his hair?

2. When did Sellers's mother stop cooking?

3. Which high school friend of Sellers was killed in the War in Afghanistan in 2003?

4. What do parents often ask Sellers?

5. What does Sellers say Morehouse College was bred on?

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