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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) The California Dessert.
(b) Africa.
(c) Close to the Grand Canyon.
(d) Next to Yosimite National Park.

2. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?
(a) Dave Rahm.
(b) Davis Rahm.
(c) Dave Rhine.
(d) Davis Ronn.

3. What does the interviewee in "Turning point" want people to remember about the Twin Towers?
(a) His performance bewteen the two buildings, not the burning rubble.
(b) The date in which they were attacked.
(c) How many stories tall they were.
(d) Who the Mayor of NYC was when it happend.

4. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?
(a) The response he receieved from a jazz musician on how to play a specific chord.
(b) When he realized how to tie a double knot on his tennis shoes.
(c) He explains what a "lightbulb" moment is.
(d) When he used bleach on his clothes for the first time.

5. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?
(a) That their mom didn't know how to do hair.
(b) That they were poor.
(c) That they wanted to be famous.
(d) How one's black identity will always be a part of them even if they try to change it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cofer reflecting on the memories of moving to New York City?

2. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"

3. Pertaining to "Merced," what is Ofri's patients name?

4. What is Wills considering in his essay, "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

5. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?

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