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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What organization did Peter Gabel found?

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

5. Where did Tawana Brawley live in 1987?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

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

9. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

10. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the impact that the student evaluations had on Williams and discuss why she chose to include this in a discussion about race and rights.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the segregationist instinct and why Williams thinks two attitudes are involved in this instinct.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Williams' experience with Benetton and discuss the situation in relation to race and rights.

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