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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 had Sellers helped to build in Bambery County?

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

3. What kind of law expert was Barack Obama?

4. What events are essential to campaigning in South Carolina?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sellers thinks was the cause of his mother's anxiety and depression?

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

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

5. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for a seat in the state legislature at the age of 21?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring and explaining Sellers's feelings about the divergent paths of his own life and that of his good friend from Denmark, Pop.

Essay Topic 3

How does Sellers explain the cultural, social, and political atmosphere and values he was steeped in growing up in Denmark, South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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