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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. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Dinner.

2. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" imagined himself in childhood as the Jamaican version of what fictional character?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

3. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?
(a) Making a statement about bullying.
(b) Igniting a race war.
(c) Driving black people back into segregation.
(d) Getting the police to shoot him.

4. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Vallejo.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?
(a) 48% African American and 52% Caucasian.
(b) 23% African-American, 48% Caucasian, and 29% Native American.
(c) 99% African-American.
(d) 99% Caucasian.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" characterize the attempt by some white people to amend the language of the Black Lives Matter movement to All Lives Matter?

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. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?

5. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?

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