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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. What does Williams say nothing was in the city?
(a) Cheap.
(b) Available fo African-Americans.
(c) Free.
(d) Safe.

2. What does Williams wonder whether a white man would ever do at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?
(a) Pretend to be the reincarnation of a black man.
(b) Be president of the NCCA.
(c) Agree with her.
(d) Be fair to an African American.

3. 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) Death of white lawyers.
(d) Inseminating white women with black sperm.

4. What did Williams realize during her discussion with Gabel about trust?
(a) Trust was good.
(b) She would never loan money.
(c) Her race would prevent it from happening.
(d) She could not win the argument.

5. What did Williams need help with in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Making a point to her students.
(b) Dealing with racism.
(c) Dealing with students.
(d) Grading her papers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Williams say she noticed a year after her entering the same building?

3. What answer was Williams given by those she asked for help?

4. What conference does Williams attend in Part III, Chapter 9?

5. Who was the woman in Williams story shot by?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

4. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

5. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

6. What did many members of the African American community think about Brawley?

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

8. Who was Tawana Brawley and what happened to her in 1987?

9. What story does Williams share of being detained?

10. Who was Peter Gabel according to Part III, Chapter 8?

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