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

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 does Williams say of the description of the "master-slave"?
(a) It was incomplete.
(b) It was still in effect.
(c) It was missundersttod.
(d) It was accurate.

3. Who did Williams argue with after the first conference she went to?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A law and literature professor.
(c) Her students.
(d) A security guard.

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

5. What element of the bargaining situation did Williams and Gabel discuss?
(a) What things are worth.
(b) The necessity for a contract.
(c) Trust and distrust.
(d) The legality of it.

6. What type of patients were being housed in the hospital Williams' godmother died in?
(a) Cancer patients.
(b) Terminal patients.
(c) AIDS patients.
(d) Pregnant women.

7. How old was the young African-American girl Williams talks about in Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

8. What does Williams think triggered the Judge's mental breakdown?
(a) An overload of cases.
(b) A particularly horrifying case.
(c) Stress factors on black professional women.
(d) A killing in her courtroom.

9. What was the profession of the owner of Williams great-great-grandmother according to Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) General.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Farmer.

10. What happened to be white woman Williams read about in the paper?
(a) She was killed.
(b) She was given black sperm.
(c) She killed a man.
(d) She was falsely imprisoned.

11. How many times was the woman mentioned in Williams' story shot?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

12. What does the man in the story at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10 claim to be?
(a) The black reincarnation of Elvis
(b) Martin Luther King.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) President of the United States.

13. What Judge does Williams say was given a lot of attention?
(a) Sharron Markel.
(b) Antonia Watson.
(c) Maxine Thomas.
(d) Sophia Supp.

14. Where does Williams go after meeting her sister?
(a) New York.
(b) Pasadena.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

15. Why does Williams say she did not have the same relationship to law than Gabel who was a white male?
(a) She was a woman.
(b) She was a lawyer.
(c) She had a good attorney.
(d) She was a "dangerous" black woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mike Tyson give Tawana Brawley?

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

3. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?

4. What did Williams do with Peter Gabel in Part III, Chapter 8?

5. What did Williams and her sister's story make them wonder about?

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