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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. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Florida.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

2. 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?
(a) With hope.
(b) In Jubilee.
(c) In memoriam.
(d) In sincerity.

3. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
(a) Grapes, blackberries, and plums.
(b) Kiwis, mangos, and pears.
(c) Bananas, raspberries, and apples.
(d) Apples, pears, and strawberries.

5. The Syrian poet Nizar Qabban wrote that "Our deliverance is in drawing with" (198) what element?
(a) Lines in the sand.
(b) Truth.
(c) Words.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" ultimately determine is the one feeling that the whole United States needs to share before racially-motivated police brutality can end?

2. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

3. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?

4. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?

5. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?

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