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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. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
(a) She would not have survived it.
(b) She would have developed a dissociative disorder.
(c) She would have run away.
(d) She would have slain her master.

2. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A birth.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A wedding anniversary.

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?
(a) Friendship.
(b) The failures of the federal government.
(c) Racism.
(d) Poverty.

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

5. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?

2. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?

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

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 object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

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