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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. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every 4-6 days.
(b) Every 2-3 days.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every 5-8 days.

2. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" states that seeing a lone woman walking at night in Jamaica was as common a sight as the sight of what mythic creature?
(a) Loch Ness Monster.
(b) Leprechaun.
(c) Sasquatch.
(d) Unicorn.

3. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Going for ice cream.

4. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In the bathtub.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In the backyard.

5. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?
(a) Uncle Chester.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Great-aunt Louise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?

3. When Kiese Laymon states all of the things that the album ATLliens brought him to love about himself, what is an item that is NOT on his list?

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. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?

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