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Bakari Sellers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

My Vanishing Country Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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

2. What is one thing that Sellers writes some families in the rural South pass down to their children?
(a) Money.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Resilience.
(d) Education.

3. Where was the so-called "Black Wall Street" in the early 1900s in America?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Tulsa.

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

5. What sport did Sellers love to play as a child and teenager?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Polo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sellers's parents first try to make a living in the town they moved to in the 1990s?

2. Which governor seemed to plot against Cleveland Sellers and other protesters in the late 1960s?

3. What was one of Sellers's jobs as an intern at the congressperson's office while in college?

4. What state is Sellers from?

5. What did Sellers say he looked like when he started college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sellers get his internship at Congressman Jim Clyburn's office?

2. What tragedy happened in Pop's family when Pop was just a young boy?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Sellers feel about Morehouse College?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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