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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. For which organization did Rachel Dolezal serve as a chapter president before the news broke that she was feigning her African-American ancestry?
(a) Jack and Jill of America.
(b) The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
(c) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(d) The National Urban League.

2. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1790s.
(c) 1820s.
(d) 1830s.

3. 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) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

4. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?
(a) Burying.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Planting.
(d) Witnessing.

5. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) Copperhead snakes and alligators.
(b) Crocodiles and Gila monsters.
(c) Poison Dart frogs and salamanders.
(d) Brown rattlesnakes and chameleons.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the deaths of Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, how many indictments were handed down?

2. What two things does Kevin Young state that people must not have done in a while if they are surprised by "a white lady darkening her skin and curling her hair"? (106)

3. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?

4. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?

5. Though Mitchell Jackson's father lived no more than a bike ride away from his mother's home, for how many formative years of his life was Mitchell's father absent?

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