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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kiese Laymon reports that it "was only after listening to ATLliens" that he realized where he needed to go as a human being and an artist. What did he decide he needed to do?
(a) Be an emcee.
(b) Make music.
(c) Write memoirs.
(d) Write fiction.

2. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) Phyllis Wheatley.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

3. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) Frank Garmback.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) Roy Oliver.
(d) Timothy Loehmann.

4. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Dry.
(b) Flat.
(c) Wide.
(d) Long.

5. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

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 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?

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

5. For the completion of what task did Kiese Laymon's grandmother used to stay up late on Saturday nights?

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