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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Tamir Rice at the time he was shot and killed by Cleveland police officers?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

3. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?
(a) Wake them up.
(b) Let them win.
(c) Humor them.
(d) Throw them a bone.

4. 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 living while black.
(b) No hands in your pockets.
(c) No standing your ground.
(d) No walking at night.

5. 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 her health is too poor for such a long trip.
(c) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(d) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.

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

7. To what danger is the author of the essay "Black and Blue" referring when he writes, "The streets had their own safety. Unlike at home, there I could be myself without fear of bodily harm" (130)?
(a) His brother's physical abuse.
(b) His stepfather's physical abuse.
(c) His grandmother's physical abuse.
(d) His mother's physical abuse.

8. 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.

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

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

11. When all flags in the United States flew at half staff after the killings at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, which state did not lower its Confederate flag on state-house grounds?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

12. 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) Ignoring.
(d) Planting.

13. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

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

15. 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) Freedom of Movement.
(b) Police Accountability.
(c) Public Safety.
(d) Prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?

4. 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?

5. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?

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