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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

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

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

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

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

6. The series of Know Your Rights murals were commissioned by a coalition of grassroots organizations called People's Justice for Community Control and what?
(a) Public Safety.
(b) Police Accountability.
(c) Freedom of Movement.
(d) Prosperity.

7. 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?
(a) His mother.
(b) The Chicago Police Department.
(c) His brother.
(d) President Eisenhower.

8. 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.

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

10. 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 been out of the house or been online.
(b) They have not read the newspapers or watched the news.
(c) They have not opened their eyes or taken a walk.
(d) They have not watched a sitcom or read a book.

11. What was the first OutKast album Kiese Laymon ever heard?
(a) Stankonia.
(b) Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
(c) AtLliens.
(d) Aquemini.

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

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

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

15. 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) Forty-plus.
(b) Fifty-plus.
(c) Twenty-plus.
(d) Thirty-plus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?

2. What tragic event had occurred the week before Emily Raboteau took her family on a walk over The High Bridge?

3. 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?

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

5. 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)?

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