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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sellers think anxiety is grounded in for many Black males?
(a) Educational disparity.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Self-directed anger and rage.
(d) Poverty.

2. What do parents often ask Sellers?
(a) How he got interested in politics.
(b) How he was able to do things at such a young age.
(c) How he was able to move away from Denmark.
(d) How he was able to become governor.

3. When did Jarrod and Sellers first begin plotting Sellers's run for the South Carolina House of Representatives?
(a) While in high school.
(b) While in their first post-graduate jobs.
(c) While interning during college at Representative Jim Clyburn's office.
(d) While on a gap year in England.

4. Which child features in a famous picture of himself and Barack Obama from 2009, in which Obama lets the child touch his hair?
(a) DaShawn Johnson.
(b) Jacob Philadelphia.
(c) Jackson Rifty.
(d) Marlon Lemmings.

5. Which of the following issues did Sellers campaign on in 2014?
(a) Health care access.
(b) Tax reform.
(c) Disaster relief and preparedness.
(d) Environmental concerns.

6. Who does Sellers remember as arguably the most compassionate member of the General Assembly in South Carolina during the time he served there?
(a) Joe Neal.
(b) Nikki Haley.
(c) Mick Mulvaney.
(d) Robert Sims.

7. What did some young White voters tell Sellers during his 2014 campaign?
(a) They would try to register people to vote.
(b) They urged their grandparents to vote for him.
(c) They would try to model their careers after his.
(d) They would vote for him in his next election.

8. Where was the last stop on Sellers's 2014 campaign?
(a) Denmark County.
(b) Rake County.
(c) Lancaster County.
(d) Harstrom County.

9. What kind of law expert was Barack Obama?
(a) Tax.
(b) Civil Rights.
(c) Constitutional.
(d) Personal Injury.

10. How much of the vote did Sellers win in his 2014 election?
(a) 41%.
(b) 48%.
(c) 52%.
(d) 36%.

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

12. What is Sellers's usual reaction to the racist messages he regularly receives on social media?
(a) He responds to them.
(b) He reports them to the social media platforms.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He prays for the senders.

13. What symbol that many find racist and offensive was still displayed at the South Carolina State Capitol when Sellers was sworn in as a legislator?
(a) The British flag.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan emblem.
(c) The Confederate Flag.
(d) The cross.

14. Who was Sellers's fiance formerly married to?
(a) Kobe Bryant.
(b) Vince Carter.
(c) James Jobson.
(d) LeBron James.

15. How did the women who worked in Morehouse's cafeteria treat Sellers?
(a) They were indifferent to him.
(b) They made him pay extra for his food.
(c) They often gave him free food.
(d) They were angry he was protesting so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for the state legislature?

2. Which of the following did Sellers view as critical to his candidacy in 2005?

3. Which mayor of Atlanta helped inspire Sellers's first political slogan that he used?

4. What did Sellers's fiance do for a living?

5. What events are essential to campaigning in South Carolina?

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