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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Williams see on a street corner after dancing that she considered was worth mentioning?
(a) An old black woman.
(b) An old black man.
(c) A drunk policeman.
(d) A street sign.

2. Where did Tawana Brawley live in 1987?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Wappinger.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

3. What answer was Williams given by those she asked for help?
(a) That she was not faculty yet.
(b) That she couldn't get help.
(c) Thet she needed to file the proper paperwork.
(d) To laugh it off.

4. What conference does Williams attend in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Sounds of Silence Conference.
(b) The African American rights conference.
(c) The ACLU conference.
(d) The NCCA conference.

5. What procedure does Williams say the doctor advised the young girl to have?
(a) A lobotomy.
(b) A hysterectomy.
(c) Appendectomy.
(d) Tubal ligation.

6. What does Williams say contract law implies?
(a) Ownership over goods.
(b) One person owning another.
(c) Freedom can be limited.
(d) The idea of an illusory contract.

7. What does Williams say happened to black women because of professionalism?
(a) They don't marry.
(b) They can't be happy.
(c) They whitened.
(d) They divorce.

8. What did the Tawana Brawley case come to represent according to Williams?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Black manhood vs white justice.
(c) Family violence.
(d) The plight of young women in the 1980's.

9. What did Williams and her colleague agree the market imposed in Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) Low prices.
(b) Low esteem in women.
(c) A conception of whites bestowing goods.
(d) High credit rates.

10. What did Williams do with Peter Gabel in Part III, Chapter 8?
(a) Have lunch.
(b) Teach a course.
(c) Argue.
(d) Fly in a plane.

11. What did Williams say transported white tourists to another world?
(a) Good food.
(b) Large boats.
(c) Loud music.
(d) Black people dancing in New Orleans.

12. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?
(a) The conference was about underage drinking.
(b) The conference was about rape.
(c) The conference was about white establishment.
(d) The conference was about media relationships.

13. What does Williams say the world hates?
(a) African Americans.
(b) Racism.
(c) Trouble makers.
(d) Brown spills.

14. What book does Williams say the reading group she was at read?
(a) And We Are Not Saved
(b) We Are Saved.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) The Color Purple.

15. How many times was the young African-American girl Williams talks about pregnant in Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 3 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Williams' godmother's name?

2. When did Williams relate what disturbed her to her sister?

3. What does Williams think triggered the Judge's mental breakdown?

4. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?

5. What did Williams need help with in Part III, Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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