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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. Who is Sellers's father?
(a) Cleveland Sellers.
(b) Marlon Sellers.
(c) James Sellers.
(d) Robert Sellers.

2. What organization did Sellers's father drop out of college to join?
(a) NAACP.
(b) SNCC.
(c) NOW.
(d) RLTB.

3. When did Pop get shot?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2010.

4. Who asked Sellers to give the keynote speech at the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?
(a) Bill Hine.
(b) Julian Bond.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Michael Marlon.

5. How old was Sellers when he started college?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is Sellers from?

2. What popular beverage used to be bottled in Sellers's hometown?

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

4. Who or what is Sellers's city named after?

5. Where did Emmett Till's mother publish his funeral pictures?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pop have trouble finding well-paid work even after earning his college degree?

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

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

4. What happened to the nine policemen put on trial for the events at the Orangeburg Massacre?

5. How does Sellers feel about Morehouse College?

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

7. At the end of Part I, what does Sellers think about how the country has changed in the 50 years since the Orangeburg Massacre?

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

9. How does Sellers describe his family's finances growing up?

10. What was Sellers's relationship to religion growing up?

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