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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?
(a) Henry Dumas.
(b) Bell hooks.
(c) Sergei Dovlatov.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

2. 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) Jump up and down.
(b) Run fast.
(c) Lie down.
(d) Wave.

3. 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 popping corn.
(c) The sea air.
(d) The magnolia tree.

4. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 38.
(b) 28.
(c) 34.
(d) 42.

5. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every 4-6 days.
(b) Every 2-3 days.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every 5-8 days.

6. 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) Magnolia trees.
(b) Palmetto trees.
(c) Apple trees.
(d) Palm trees.

7. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?
(a) First gay intern.
(b) Least educated intern.
(c) Youngest intern.
(d) First black intern.

8. 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) Forget about it.
(b) Become familiar with its underpinnings..
(c) Learn to live with it.
(d) Embrace it.

9. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
(a) Unconstitutional.
(b) Legal.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Justified.

10. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?
(a) James Jackson.
(b) John Wheatley.
(c) John Peters.
(d) Jacob Wheatley.

11. 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.

12. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?
(a) A reason for hope.
(b) A birthright.
(c) A moral certainty.
(d) A myth.

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

14. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?
(a) Providence.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Hartford.

15. The author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" states that most of the information about Phillis Wheatley comes from a book published how many years after the poet's death?
(a) 15.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?

2. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?

3. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

4. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

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

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