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. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

2. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
(a) Grandmama.
(b) Gran.
(c) Mama.
(d) Granny.

3. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

4. 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) Write memoirs.
(b) Be an emcee.
(c) Write fiction.
(d) Make music.

5. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" end her list of rules that she says may help a black person avoid being killed?
(a) No hands in your pockets.
(b) No standing your ground.
(c) No living while black.
(d) No walking at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?

2. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?

3. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?

4. Who else in Jesmyn Ward's family gets genetic testing done at the same time she does?

5. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?

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