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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) Sophie Freeman.
(b) Eleanor Bumpurs.
(c) Martha Eleor.
(d) Martha Stanford.

2. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?
(a) $1900.
(b) $900.
(c) $2900.
(d) $3900.

3. What does Williams think triggered the Judge's mental breakdown?
(a) A killing in her courtroom.
(b) An overload of cases.
(c) Stress factors on black professional women.
(d) A particularly horrifying case.

4. What did white men define under slavery?
(a) Family.
(b) Rules.
(c) The law.
(d) Freedom.

5. When did Williams relate what disturbed her to her sister?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Years.
(d) Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?

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

3. What type of guerrilla acts did Williams fantasize about in Part IV, Chapter 10?

4. What was Williams disturbed by at the start of Part IV, Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

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

3. What did Williams realize about the bargaining situation?

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

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

6. What story does Williams share of being detained?

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

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

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

10. What happened when Williams entered an apartment building according to Part III, Chapter 7?

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