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

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

3. What did the woman Williams talked with complain about?
(a) Being drugged.
(b) Being mugged and shot at.
(c) Being allergic to smoke.
(d) Being assaulted.

4. What did Williams do with Peter Gabel in Part III, Chapter 8?
(a) Have lunch.
(b) Teach a course.
(c) Fly in a plane.
(d) Argue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Williams' godmother's name?

2. What Judge does Williams say was given a lot of attention?

3. What did Williams and her sister's story make them wonder about?

4. Where was Williams briefly detained?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

2. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

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

4. What did Williams complain about a fashion show and what did her friend insist in Part IV, Chapter 11?

5. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

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

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

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

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

10. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

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