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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What turned Sellers's friend Pop off of computers?
(a) He never learned to use one because he was afraid of them.
(b) His father had bought him one just before he died tragically.
(c) He stole one, and the crime sent him to jail.
(d) They were always too expensive.

2. Who is Sellers's older sister who became a doctor?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Malina.
(d) Nosizwe.

3. Who was Sellers's college roomate?
(a) Marshall Mathers.
(b) Jerome Selling.
(c) Robert James.
(d) Jarrod Loadholt.

4. When was Sellers placed on academic probation in college?
(a) His third year, in the first semester.
(b) His second year.
(c) His first semester.
(d) The last semester of his senior year.

5. What did the boys from DC mostly wear at Sellers's college?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Purple and red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black, red, and blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pop turn his attention to after his father's death?

2. Where was the college orientation ceremony for Sellers at his new college?

3. Who was one of Sellers's favorite teachers in high school?

4. What did Sellers's grandmother die from?

5. What hospital closed its doors in 2012 due to lack of funds and petty politics, according to Sellers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most significant similarity between Sellers and his roommate Jarrod at Morehouse?

2. What was the period between when Cleveland Sellers was arrested in 1968 and when he was pardoned in 1990 like for Cleveland Sellers?

3. How was Sellers's family greeted when they returned to Denmark after years of living in Greensboro?

4. How does the Sellers family react to Pop's shooting?

5. What was significant about The Orangeburg Massacre's place in history?

6. In the Introduction, how does Sellers describe the so-called Low Country of South Carolina?

7. What often set Sellers apart from his peers at school?

8. How does Sellers say many people get around for transportation in Denmark?

9. What challenges did Sellers face during his first year at Morehouse?

10. What did Julian Bond think was ironic about the Orangeburg Massacre?

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