View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 media relationships.
(d) The conference was about white establishment.

3. What did Gabel's movement emphasize that rights are?
(a) Ignored by police officers.
(b) Made for white people.
(c) Unstable and indeterminate.
(d) Guaranteed by the Law.

4. What did Williams find herself upset by in the department store?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A security guard.
(c) A small dog.
(d) A singer.

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

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

7. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?
(a) Their sexism.
(b) The seriousness of racism.
(c) Their lack of respect for her.
(d) Their lack of commitment to the faculty.

8. What type of guerrilla acts did Williams fantasize about in Part IV, Chapter 10?
(a) Imprisonment of white women.
(b) Slashed police car tires.
(c) Inseminating white women with black sperm.
(d) Death of white lawyers.

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

10. Where was Williams briefly detained?
(a) Alabama.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

11. What happens in the book Williams read to black women when they turned 27?
(a) They died.
(b) They married.
(c) They lost their professional skills.
(d) They turned white.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story did Williams' sister tell her when they met?

2. What did Williams realize during her discussion with Gabel about trust?

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

4. What was happening inside the department store Williams entered in Part IV, Chapter 11?

5. Who was the "bum" referred by the children?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 467 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample