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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 did Sellers's mother begin teaching when the family lived in South Carolina?
2. When was Sellers placed on academic probation in college?
3. Where did Sellers live before moving to the town he thinks of as his hometown?
4. What is one thing that Sellers writes some families in the rural South pass down to their children?
5. Where was the so-called "Black Wall Street" in the early 1900s in America?
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 the killing of Emmett Till in 1955 affect Cleveland Sellers?
3. How does Sellers say many people get around for transportation in Denmark?
4. Why did Pop have trouble finding well-paid work even after earning his college degree?
5. What does Sellers think about his father's involvement in the Orangeburg Massacre?
6. What is jiving as Sellers describes it?
7. What was the most significant similarity between Sellers and his roommate Jarrod at Morehouse?
8. What does being "country" mean to Sellers?
9. What often set Sellers apart from his peers at school?
10. In the Introduction, how does Sellers describe the so-called Low Country of South Carolina?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the impact of the 2015 Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina on Sellers and on the Black community at large.
Essay Topic 2
What does Sellers thinks Donald Trump's presidential campaign and presidency say about America, and about race relations in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining Sellers's decision-making process in trying to weigh whether or not to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2008.
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