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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The South.
(b) The West.
(c) The East.
(d) The North.

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) National Geographic Genographic Project.
(b) Ancestry DNA.
(c) Living DNA.
(d) 23andMe.

4. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Clementine.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Savannah.

5. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every four days.
(d) Every week.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?

2. What was the first OutKast album Kiese Laymon ever heard?

3. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?

4. To which book of the Bible does the OutKast song "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)" refer?

5. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?

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