This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
(a) Brunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

2. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 28.
(b) 38.
(c) 34.
(d) 42.

3. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?
(a) To keep the number of witnesses low.
(b) Because her husband requested that she not be allowed to see his body.
(c) She was hysterical.
(d) His body was evidence.

4. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Louisiana.

5. When the author and her friend laugh at the immediate thought of getting one's child out of the country upon his birth, what is NOT named as one of the sources of their laughter?
(a) An absurd stuckness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Mirth.
(d) Vulnerability.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?

2. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?

3. To which book of the Bible does the OutKast song "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)" refer?

4. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

5. Who else in Jesmyn Ward's family gets genetic testing done at the same time she does?

(see the answer key)

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