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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 radio show did Sellers go on to talk about the prevalence of anxiety in African American families?

2. What does Sellers say in Part IV is the one thing no one ever regrets?

3. What was the first thing Sellers did when he started his campaign for the state legislature in 2005?

4. Where do South Carolina candidates often meet to do informal business?

5. What did John Lewis do during his congressional race with Julian Bond that Sellers think may have won Lewis the election?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?

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

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

4. Why were some Black people in South Carolina nervous about the candidacy of Barack Obama for president, according to Sellers?

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

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

7. What does Sellers think was the start of his struggle with anxiety?

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

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

10. What does Sellers think is one positive aspect of anger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sellers describe his feelings about the racist and hate-filled messages he receives regularly via social media? What does Sellers feel the best reaction and/or response to these kinds of messages is? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What did Sellers learn from James Clyburn, the longtime Black congressman from South Carolina, that helped him in his political career? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the lessons Sellers learned from his failed bid for lieutenant governor of South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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