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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 7, Fire and Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was removed from the article after the second edit?
(a) Her name.
(b) The name of the store and her race.
(c) The date it happened.
(d) Her expression of rage

2. What did Williams use her story about the store to illustrate?
(a) White people's fear.
(b) Racism.
(c) The 1980's depression.
(d) The privatization of space.

3. What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks?
(a) It made them sad.
(b) It dehumanized them.
(c) It made them mad.
(d) It made them mistrustful.

4. What generalization does Williams say should be fought?
(a) Black as perfect.
(b) Black as good and white as bad.
(c) White as racist.
(d) Black as bad and white as good.

5. What store was Williams prevented from entering?
(a) K-Mart.
(b) Walmart.
(c) Benetton.
(d) Neiman-Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy does Williams say she supported?

2. What does Williams believe that parts of the social contract in the United States involved?

3. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?

4. What types of rights does Williams argue are the only kind present in the Constitution?

5. What does Williams say about black communities?

(see the answer key)

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