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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. How many volunteers criss-crossed the state working for Sellers' campaign in 2014?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

2. What did Jim Clyburn tell Sellers when Sellers told him he was running for the office he had chosen in 2014?
(a) If anyone could have won state-wide office in South Carolina, Clyburn would already have done it.
(b) He should run in North Carolina instead.
(c) He did not have enough money.
(d) He was too young.

3. Which pastor was Sellers good friends with, who encouraged Sellers at the end of his grueling 2014 race?
(a) Reverend Clark Pitney.
(b) Reverend Barnard Sentry.
(c) Reverend Clementa Pinckney.
(d) Reverend James Jordan.

4. 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.

5. Which two Black leaders does Sellers think provide hope for the future in electoral politics?
(a) Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris.
(b) Kamala Harris and Karen Bass.
(c) Andrew Gillum and Karen Bass.
(d) Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mental health issues does Sellers suffer from that started as a young teenager?

2. What office did Sellers run for in the latter half of his college career at Morehouse?

3. Which former Morehouse president influenced great civil rights leaders, according to Sellers?

4. What does Sellers think anxiety is grounded in for many Black males?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened in the SGA race Sellers ran at Morehouse?

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

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

5. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?

6. Why did the Georgia House of Representatives refuse to seat Julian Bond after he won an election there in 1965?

7. What was former South Carolina Governor Dick Riley's advice to Sellers during his first political campaign?

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

9. What does Sellers think was the start of his struggle with anxiety?

10. What does Sellers think is one positive aspect of anger?

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