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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bullets were shot by policemen toward Amadou Diallo, a Guinean immigrant, as he was trying to retrieve his wallet from his pocket?
(a) 12.
(b) 41.
(c) 59.
(d) 24.

2. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?
(a) Boston.
(b) Providence.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Hartford.

3. In her essay in the Washington Post, what does Raha Jorjani argue that African-Americans could easily qualify as?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Prisoners of war.
(c) Martyrs.
(d) Aliens.

4. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

5. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" end her list of rules that she says may help a black person avoid being killed?
(a) No living while black.
(b) No walking at night.
(c) No standing your ground.
(d) No hands in your pockets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?

2. What does the author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" NOT list among the things that people are turned into by the crime of injustice?

3. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?

4. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?

5. The author of "Message to My Daughters" writes that the young refugees living on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic may not be killed by bullets, but by "the much slower assault" (214) of what?

(see the answer key)

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