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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A wedding anniversary.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A birth.

2. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Palm trees.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Palmetto trees.
(d) Magnolia trees.

3. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?
(a) Jump up and down.
(b) Wave.
(c) Lie down.
(d) Run fast.

4. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?
(a) Restoration.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Revitalization.
(d) Renaissance.

5. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
(a) Mama.
(b) Granny.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Gran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?

2. When Kiese Laymon states all of the things that the album ATLliens brought him to love about himself, what is an item that is NOT on his list?

3. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?

4. In his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?

5. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

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