2. What does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" ultimately determine is the one feeling that the whole United States needs to share before racially-motivated police brutality can end?
(a) Fear.
(b) Grief.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Rage.

3. For how many years had The High Bridge been inactive before reopening again just before Emily Raboteau and her family took a walk across it?
(a) Fifty-plus.
(b) Twenty-plus.
(c) Thirty-plus.
(d) Forty-plus.

4. In his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?
(a) An insurance policy.
(b) Weapon.
(c) An argument.
(d) An innoculation.

5. Though Mitchell Jackson's father lived no more than a bike ride away from his mother's home, for how many formative years of his life was Mitchell's father absent?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

6. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?
(a) Witnessing.
(b) Burying.
(c) Planting.
(d) Ignoring.

7. What two things does Kevin Young state that people must not have done in a while if they are surprised by "a white lady darkening her skin and curling her hair"? (106)
(a) They have not read the newspapers or watched the news.
(b) They have not been out of the house or been online.
(c) They have not watched a sitcom or read a book.
(d) They have not opened their eyes or taken a walk.

8. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

9. The essay entitled "Black and Blue" takes its name from a song by what African-American musician?
(a) Jelly Roll Morton.
(b) Muddy Waters.
(c) Fats Waller.
(d) James Brown.

10. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" end her list of rules that she says may help a black person avoid being killed?
(a) No hands in your pockets.
(b) No walking at night.
(c) No living while black.
(d) No standing your ground.

11. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?
(a) 1820s.
(b) 1830s.
(c) 1790s.
(d) 1860s.

12. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?
(a) Baking a rhubarb pie for his grandmother.
(b) Applying to graduate schools.
(c) Writing a paper about "The Cask of Amontillado."
(d) Applying for jobs.

13. What belief does Mitchell Jackson hold that he underscores by calling it his "beating heart" (179)?
(a) Boys need fathers.
(b) Girls need fathers.
(c) Boys need mothers.
(d) Girls need mothers.

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

15. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?
(a) Upcoming Southern black women workers.
(b) Preceding Southern black women workers.
(c) The women at her church.
(d) White male shift managers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who requested an open coffin for Emmett Till's funeral and granted permission for photographs of his mutilated, lynched body to be taken and published?

2. When Kevin Young, the author of "Blacker Than Thou" outlines his next book for the reader, under what type of text does he say his new book falls?

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

4. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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