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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) Martha Eleor.
(b) Eleanor Bumpurs.
(c) Sophie Freeman.
(d) Martha Stanford.

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

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

4. What show does Williams say she watched at the end of Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) Oprah.
(b) The Phil Donahue show.
(c) The Dr, Phil show.
(d) The People's Court.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of the owner of Williams great-great-grandmother according to Part IV, Chapter 12?

2. What did Williams enter at the start of Part III, Chapter 7?

3. How old was Tawana Brawley in 1987?

4. What organization did Peter Gabel found?

5. What does Williams argue the show in the department store exhibited?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Eleanor Bumpurs and what happened to her in 1984?

2. What did some of the other faculty tell Williams when she complained about racism in Part III, Chapter 9?

3. What hypothetical situation regarding insemination did Williams raise and why?

4. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

5. How did Williams see the master-slave description?

6. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

7. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

8. What did Williams think Tawana's case illustrated?

9. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

10. What did Williams have in her blood and why was it secret in Part IV, Chapter 12?

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