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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 was the only food Sellers had where he lived during the summer as a junior in college?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Ramen.

2. Who is Sellers's stepdaughter?
(a) Kai Carter.
(b) Braleen Carter.
(c) Rucker Carter.
(d) Benae Carter.

3. What did Darrell Jackson tell Sellers when he announced his campaign in 2005?
(a) He told Sellers he did not have enough money to run.
(b) He told Sellers he needed to graduate first before running.
(c) He told Sellers to run for school board and get his name out first.
(d) He told Sellers he was one hundred percent supportive.

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

5. How did the person asking for Sellers's endorsement convince him to endorse Obama for president?
(a) He told Sellers Obama could campaign for him too.
(b) He told Sellers his constituents would definitely vote for Obama.
(c) He told Sellers Obama could help him win his next election too.
(d) He told Sellers he would never have to explain his endorsement of Obama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Sellers to endorse Barack Obama for president?

2. Who called Sellers in April 2007 while he walked to a law class?

3. Which artist did the homecoming concert Sellers and his friends organized at Morehouse feature?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what happened to Sellers at the end of the campaign on a stage in Bamburg County?

2. Why did Sellers feel so proud on the stage with Obama in Orangeburg in 2007?

3. Why were some Black people in South Carolina nervous about the candidacy of Barack Obama for president, according to Sellers?

4. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?

5. How did Jim Clyburn react to Sellers's decision to run for Lieutenant governor?

6. How did Ellen, Sellers's partner, react to his decision to run for lieutenant governor?

7. What does Sellers thinks was the cause of his mother's anxiety and depression?

8. When did Sellers first plot his run for South Carolina's House of Representatives?

9. What reaction did Sellers often have to the hateful speech and messages he received via social media?

10. Why did Sellers initially hesitate to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2007?

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