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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 distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?
(a) Youngest intern.
(b) First black intern.
(c) First gay intern.
(d) Least educated intern.

2. 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) Thomas Carper.
(b) Strom Thurmond.
(c) Benjamin Cardin.
(d) Trent Lott.

3. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
(a) Foursquare.
(b) Snapchat.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Facebook.

4. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The paper mill.
(b) The popping corn.
(c) The magnolia tree.
(d) The sea air.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?

2. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

3. In what New Orleans area cemetery is the author of "Lonely in America's" family buried?

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 state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

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