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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 procedure does Williams say the doctor advised the young girl to have?
(a) A hysterectomy.
(b) Tubal ligation.
(c) A lobotomy.
(d) Appendectomy.

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

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

4. What conference does Williams attend in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) The African American rights conference.
(b) The NCCA conference.
(c) Sounds of Silence Conference.
(d) The ACLU conference.

5. What was Williams doing at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Reading a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the young African-American girl Williams talks about in Part IV, Chapter 12?

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

3. Who did the black community fiercely criticize?

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

5. How many times was the young African-American girl Williams talks about pregnant in Part IV, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Williams share of being detained?

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

3. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

4. What example illustrated that Williams believed the world had gone crazy?

5. What did a friend who was a property law professor describe?

6. What did Williams relate to her own sense of personal power?

7. What did Williams realize about the bargaining situation?

8. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

9. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

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

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