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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say there was before there were trolls?

2. What is the game of put-downs called?

3. What Church did Sellers's family join in 1990?

4. When was Sellers placed on academic probation in college?

5. How much older than Sellers is his brother Lumumba?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sellers say Denmark is part of the forgotten South?

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

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

6. How does Sellers feel about Morehouse College?

7. What does being "country" mean to Sellers?

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

9. How did the killing of Emmett Till in 1955 affect Cleveland Sellers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sellers think are the most important aspects and goals of a life in political service? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Sellers view the Black Lives Matter movement? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the effect of Sellers's relationships with his siblings, especially his older sister Nosizwe.

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