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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 her mother wanted her to reclaim?
(a) Her inheritance.
(b) Her heritage.
(c) Her pride.
(d) The land of her ancestors.

2. What story did Williams' sister tell her when they met?
(a) The death of a friend.
(b) A shooting nearby.
(c) A walk-through wake.
(d) A hostage case.

3. What did Williams and her sister's story make them wonder about?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their sanity.
(c) Their power as lawyers.
(d) Their role as women.

4. Who did the black community fiercely criticize?
(a) The Mexican-American community.
(b) The district attorney's officer.
(c) The media.
(d) White officers.

5. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?
(a) Demanding results.
(b) Appealing to the courts.
(c) Running for office.
(d) Describing needs.

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

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

8. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?
(a) $2900.
(b) $900.
(c) $1900.
(d) $3900.

9. 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.

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

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

12. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?
(a) She had it in her blood.
(b) She should bill her visit by the hour.
(c) She could sue her.
(d) She was rich.

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

14. What did Mike Tyson do that Williams says was unfair he was not despised for?
(a) Killing a tiger.
(b) Beating his wife.
(c) Losing to a white boxer.
(d) Boxing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure does Williams say the doctor advised the young girl to have?

2. Why does Williams say she did not have the same relationship to law than Gabel who was a white male?

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

4. What did Williams' friends pressure her to admit about the show in the department store?

5. What does Williams argue African-Americans think will happen if they are killed by a white police officer?

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