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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the deaths of Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, how many indictments were handed down?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Zero.
(d) One.

2. From what state does Kevin Young say that his family hails?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

3. When Kevin Young states that being black is not a feeling and is not "simply a state of mind" (109), what does he say blackness is instead?
(a) A way of living.
(b) A way of acting.
(c) A way of believing.
(d) A way of being.

4. In addition to Andre 3000, who is the other member of OutKast?
(a) Bootsy Collins.
(b) Kendrick Lamar.
(c) Lil Wayne.
(d) Big Boi.

5. 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) Sympathy.
(c) Grief.
(d) Rage.

6. What adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?
(a) Possibly.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Perhaps.
(d) Ostensibly.

7. What emotion did Emily Dickinson define as "the thing with feathers" (166)?
(a) Courage.
(b) Despair.
(c) Hope.
(d) Freedom.

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

9. 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.

10. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" states that seeing a lone woman walking at night in Jamaica was as common a sight as the sight of what mythic creature?
(a) Leprechaun.
(b) Unicorn.
(c) Sasquatch.
(d) Loch Ness Monster.

11. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
(a) Bananas, raspberries, and apples.
(b) Kiwis, mangos, and pears.
(c) Apples, pears, and strawberries.
(d) Grapes, blackberries, and plums.

12. At what university did Kevin Young teach for five years?
(a) The University of Washington.
(b) The University of Massachusetts.
(c) The University of Georgia.
(d) The University of Iowa.

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

14. 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) Eight.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?

2. How old was Tamir Rice at the time he was shot and killed by Cleveland police officers?

3. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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