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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 stank and freshness.
(c) Her smile and soul.
(d) Her light and heat.

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

3. Over what river does The High Bridge in New York City pass?
(a) The East River.
(b) The Harlem River.
(c) The Bronx River.
(d) The Hudson River.

4. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Brunch.

5. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?
(a) Because her husband requested that she not be allowed to see his body.
(b) She was hysterical.
(c) His body was evidence.
(d) To keep the number of witnesses low.

6. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Zimbabwe.

7. 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) Ignoring.
(b) Burying.
(c) Planting.
(d) Witnessing.

8. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
(a) Gran.
(b) Mama.
(c) Granny.
(d) Grandmama.

9. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?
(a) An apprenticeship.
(b) A volunteer position.
(c) An internship.
(d) An indentured servitude.

10. How many of Mitchell Jackson's father figures were biologically related to him?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Zero.
(d) Two.

11. When the author and her friend laugh at the immediate thought of getting one's child out of the country upon his birth, what is NOT named as one of the sources of their laughter?
(a) Mirth.
(b) Fear.
(c) An absurd stuckness.
(d) Vulnerability.

12. When discussing the murders at Emanuel Methodist Church, the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" states, "But Dylann Storm Roof did not create himself from" (146) what element?
(a) From the foundation of a strong upbringing.
(b) From nothing.
(c) From a place of understanding.
(d) From God's image.

13. 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) Poetry.
(c) Nonfiction.
(d) Memoir.

14. To what city did the author of "Black and Blue" move in 1996 in order to attend college?
(a) Austin.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New Orleans.

15. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Portmore.
(c) Negril.
(d) Montego Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. The series of Know Your Rights murals were commissioned by a coalition of grassroots organizations called People's Justice for Community Control and what?

2. What belief does Mitchell Jackson hold that he underscores by calling it his "beating heart" (179)?

3. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?

4. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?

5. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?

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