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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. When Kevin Young, the author of "Blacker Than Thou" outlines his next book for the reader, under what type of text does he say his new book falls?
(a) Satire.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Nonfiction.

2. 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) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

3. What are the names of the two daughters of the author of "Message to My Daughters"?
(a) Jane and Sarah.
(b) Mira and Leila.
(c) Layla and Maya.
(d) Merritt and Maleena.

4. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?
(a) Novels and short stories.
(b) Newspaper articles and novels.
(c) Novels and memoirs.
(d) Poetry and short stories.

5. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?
(a) Making a statement about bullying.
(b) Getting the police to shoot him.
(c) Igniting a race war.
(d) Driving black people back into segregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of her essay "Message to My Daughters" what does the author say that everyone will be wearing when "that day of Jubilee finally arrives" (215)?

2. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?

3. Over what river does The High Bridge in New York City pass?

4. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?

5. When Danticat includes a snippet of the letter she often tries to write to her daughters, what two words does the author of "Message to My Daughters" write before signing the letter?

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