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

2. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?
(a) Quixotic.
(b) Fractured.
(c) Linear.
(d) Problematic.

3. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
(a) James Thurber.
(b) Jasmine Walker.
(c) Jessica Walsh.
(d) Jesmyn Ward.

4. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Pity.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Disdain.

5. 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?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Sergei Dovlatov.
(c) Henry Dumas.
(d) Bell hooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

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. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?

4. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

5. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

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