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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. Where was the college orientation ceremony for Sellers at his new college?

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

3. At what stage of college was Sellers when the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks occured?

4. Who asked Sellers to give the keynote speech at the fiftieth anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre?

5. Where was the so-called "Black Wall Street" in the early 1900s in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the Introduction, how does Sellers describe the so-called Low Country of South Carolina?

3. How was Sellers's family greeted when they returned to Denmark after years of living in Greensboro?

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

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

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

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

8. What often set Sellers apart from his peers at school?

9. What is jiving as Sellers describes it?

10. What is Sellers's alternative history about the naming of Denmark, South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sellers describe his feelings about the origins of his own anxiety and mental health struggles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Sellers feel is his father Cleve's legacy regarding the civil rights movement and the push for Black equality in America? What impact did Cleve Sellers's activism have on Sellers's own opinions about politics and political service? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did Sellers's experiences at Moorhouse College affect his career trajectory and aspirations later in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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