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

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

3. Where was Williams briefly detained?
(a) Alabama.
(b) California.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) New York.

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

5. What was the profession of the owner of Williams great-great-grandmother according to Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) General.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?

2. What happened to be white woman Williams read about in the paper?

3. What was Williams' godmother's name?

4. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Part IV, Chapter 10, what question did a story of Elvis raise for Williams?

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

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

9. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

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

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