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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Vallejo.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Brunch.

3. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?
(a) A lumber mill.
(b) A watchmaking factory.
(c) A chicken plant.
(d) A candy factory.

4. The series of Know Your Rights murals were commissioned by a coalition of grassroots organizations called People's Justice for Community Control and what?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Public Safety.
(c) Freedom of Movement.
(d) Police Accountability.

5. What adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?
(a) Perhaps.
(b) Ostensibly.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Possibly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?

2. 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?

3. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

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

5. In his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?

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