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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 author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Langston Hughes.

2. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
(a) To take a picture.
(b) To cry.
(c) To turn away.
(d) To show her son.

3. 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.

4. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?
(a) The longing to be heard.
(b) The longing for independence.
(c) The longing to belong.
(d) The longing to be understood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Who founded the college in Alabama that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended?

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

5. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?

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