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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 topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?
(a) Racism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The failures of the federal government.
(d) Friendship.

2. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
(a) Portmore.
(b) Negril.
(c) Montego Bay.
(d) Kingston.

3. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

4. How many years elapsed between the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama and the shootings at the Emanuel Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina?
(a) 52.
(b) 36.
(c) 64.
(d) 41.

5. For the completion of what task did Kiese Laymon's grandmother used to stay up late on Saturday nights?
(a) Doing the laundry.
(b) Sewing her own clothes.
(c) Studying for her exams.
(d) Washing the kitchen floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. The essay entitled "Black and Blue" takes its name from a song by what African-American musician?

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

3. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?

4. 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?

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

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