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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 does Williams say nothing was in the city?
(a) Cheap.
(b) Available fo African-Americans.
(c) Free.
(d) Safe.

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

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

4. What does Williams say neutral classifications do?
(a) Ignore race.
(b) Dehumanize.
(c) Ignore women.
(d) Create racists.

5. What did the contract Williams found relate to?
(a) The ownership of her great-great-grandmother.
(b) Her ancestor's slaves.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) Her car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman Williams talked with complain about?

2. What does Williams argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?

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

4. What policy does Williams say she supported?

5. Whose portrait did the Jewish student in Williams' story deface?

(see the answer key)

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