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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Tradition"; Introduction; Part I, Legacy: "Homegoing, AD"; "The Weight"; "Lonely in America".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The East.
(b) The West.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.

3. 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?
(a) Learn to live with it.
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Become familiar with its underpinnings..

4. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In the bathtub.

5. 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) Uncle Chester.
(b) Grandmama.
(c) Great-aunt Louise.
(d) Aunt Lou.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

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

4. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?

5. 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?

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