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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Become familiar with its underpinnings..
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Learn to live with it.
(d) Forget about it.

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The paper mill.
(b) The magnolia tree.
(c) The popping corn.
(d) The sea air.

3. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Ten times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Six times.
(d) Eight times.

4. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Frank Garmback.
(c) Roy Oliver.
(d) Timothy Loehmann.

5. In a letter from Phillis Wheatley to the artist Obour Tanner, Wheatley relates the death of her mistress, saying that her mistress had treated her less like a "servant" (67) and more like a what?
(a) A friend.
(b) A child.
(c) An employee.
(d) A sister.

6. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?
(a) She found that her husband had died in her absence.
(b) She was freed.
(c) She gave birth to her third child.
(d) She ran away from her master's home.

7. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Talladega College.
(b) Affinity College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Carlsbad College.

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

9. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?
(a) The indignities of slavery.
(b) The Middle Passage.
(c) Systemic racism.
(d) Jim Crow laws.

10. 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 to belong.
(c) The longing to be understood.
(d) The longing for independence.

11. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Magnolia trees.
(c) Palmetto trees.
(d) Palm trees.

12. 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 East.
(b) The West.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.

13. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Going for ice cream.
(d) Playing baseball.

14. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
(a) Jessica Walsh.
(b) Jesmyn Ward.
(c) Jasmine Walker.
(d) James Thurber.

15. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?
(a) Revitalization.
(b) Restoration.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?

2. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

3. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?

4. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?

5. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?

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