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. From the deaths of Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, how many indictments were handed down?
(a) One.
(b) Zero.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What profession did the father of the author of "Message to My Daughters" hold in Brooklyn as he was growing up?
(a) Cab driver.
(b) Bicycle messenger.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Baker.

3. For how many years had The High Bridge been inactive before reopening again just before Emily Raboteau and her family took a walk across it?
(a) Twenty-plus.
(b) Fifty-plus.
(c) Thirty-plus.
(d) Forty-plus.

4. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?
(a) Great-aunt Louise.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Uncle Chester.

5. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?
(a) Strom Thurmond.
(b) Benjamin Cardin.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Thomas Carper.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?

3. What two qualities of his grandmother's does Kiese Laymon say he did not understand or feel inspired by until he heard his first OutKast album?

4. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?

5. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?

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