2. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
(a) Because Kiese is the only black person she knows in Oxford.
(b) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(c) Because her health is too poor for such a long trip.
(d) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.

3. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?
(a) Oldest standing bridge.
(b) Longest bridge.
(c) Most often traversed bridge.
(d) Tallest bridge.

4. 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) Forty-plus.
(c) Twenty-plus.
(d) Thirty-plus.

5. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
(a) To take a picture.
(b) To turn away.
(c) To show her son.
(d) To cry.

6. What song did President Barack Obama sing at the funeral for those killed in the Emanuel Mother Church massacre?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(c) My Country 'Tis of Thee.
(d) Amazing Grace.

7. How many years elapsed between the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama and the shootings at the Emanuel Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina?
(a) 64.
(b) 41.
(c) 36.
(d) 52.

8. In order to get away from the site of the murder of her son, Tamir Rice, Samaria Rice moved out of her Cleveland home and into what type of dwelling?
(a) A homeless shelter.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A relative's home.
(d) A condominium.

9. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?
(a) A lumber mill.
(b) A chicken plant.
(c) A candy factory.
(d) A watchmaking factory.

10. 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?
(a) Satire.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Nonfiction.
(d) Poetry.

11. What tragic event had occurred the week before Emily Raboteau took her family on a walk over The High Bridge?
(a) The church massacre in Charleston.
(b) The Columbine shootings.
(c) Michael Brown's murder.
(d) Tamir Rice's murder.

12. 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 standing your ground.
(c) No walking at night.
(d) No living while black.

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

14. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?
(a) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
(b) The Pink Panther.
(c) The Jerk.
(d) The Three Amigos.

15. For which organization did Rachel Dolezal serve as a chapter president before the news broke that she was feigning her African-American ancestry?
(a) The National Urban League.
(b) Jack and Jill of America.
(c) The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
(d) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" characterize the attempt by some white people to amend the language of the Black Lives Matter movement to All Lives Matter?

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

3. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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