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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. Which child features in a famous picture of himself and Barack Obama from 2009, in which Obama lets the child touch his hair?
(a) Jackson Rifty.
(b) DaShawn Johnson.
(c) Marlon Lemmings.
(d) Jacob Philadelphia.

2. What did John Lewis do during his congressional race with Julian Bond that Sellers think may have won Lewis the election?
(a) Receive many influential endorsements.
(b) Raise much more money than Bond.
(c) Campaign harder than Bond did.
(d) Demand Bond take a drug test.

3. Who managed Sellers's 2014 campaign?
(a) Marion Barry.
(b) Paul Richards.
(c) Isaac "Ike" Williams Jr.
(d) James Robeson.

4. Which of the following did Sellers view as critical to his candidacy in 2005?
(a) Knocking on doors.
(b) Yard signs.
(c) Calling people to ask for their vote.
(d) Flags.

5. How did the women who worked in Morehouse's cafeteria treat Sellers?
(a) They made him pay extra for his food.
(b) They were indifferent to him.
(c) They often gave him free food.
(d) They were angry he was protesting so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some Blacks tell Sellers they were nervous about Barack Obama running for president?

2. What is Sellers's usual reaction to the racist messages he regularly receives on social media?

3. Which radio host does Sellers particularly admire in Part IV?

4. How many volunteers criss-crossed the state working for Sellers' campaign in 2014?

5. What did Martin Luther King Jr. aspire to be in his career before he became a minister?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What mistake did Sellers realize he and the other organizers made during Obama's 2007 visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg?

3. What kinds of tattoos does Sellers have and what do they mean to him?

4. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?

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

6. What did Sellers challenge his opponent for Lieutenant Governor to do on MSNBC?

7. What is the role of the Church Fish Fry in Southern politics?

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

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

10. In Part III, why does Sellers say the Confederate flag continued to fly at the South Carolina state capitol well into the 2000s?

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