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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. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

2. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In the backyard.

3. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?
(a) Wave.
(b) Run fast.
(c) Jump up and down.
(d) Lie down.

4. The series of Know Your Rights murals were placed in all of New York City's burroughs, with the exception of which burrough?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What two qualities of his grandmother's does Kiese Laymon say he did not understand or feel inspired by until he heard his first OutKast album?
(a) Her funk and business sense.
(b) Her smile and soul.
(c) Her stank and freshness.
(d) Her light and heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" NOT list among the things that people are turned into by the crime of injustice?

2. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

3. What is the term used for a person's ability to be regarded as belonging to a different race, culture, or group different from their own?

4. Who wrote the line "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read" (214)?

5. What type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?

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