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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
(a) Foursquare.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Snapchat.
(d) Twitter.

2. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Long.
(b) Flat.
(c) Dry.
(d) Wide.

3. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

4. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?
(a) Her ancestry is over 70% African.
(b) Her ancestry is 68% European.
(c) Her ancestry is 42% Native American.
(d) Her ancestry is only 33% African.

5. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
(a) Illegal.
(b) Legal.
(c) Unconstitutional.
(d) Justified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?

2. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

3. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

4. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?

5. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jesmyn Ward's experience of receiving her genetic ancestry results different from the experiences of her parents?

2. How does Carol Anderson refute the idea that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision was a complete triumph for black advancement in America?

3. How does Honoree Fanonne Jeffers's interpretation of "On Being Brought From Africa to America" differ from those of many scholars?

4. What are the three things Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah says are the only things she knows about being black in America?

5. In her essay entitled "White Rage," what distinction does Carol Anderson make between white rage and black rage?

6. What stories and experiences does Jesmyn Ward provide to the reader in order to demonstrate the depth of her identification with the black identity?

7. In what ways does the author of "The Dear Pledges of Our Love: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" demonstrate how difficult it can be to extricate oneself from the biases present within the American culture's views of black people?

8. To what conclusion does Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ultimately come to about the desire to "preserve things" (31)?

9. What is Wendy S. Walters's central goal within the narrative of her memoir "Lonely in America" and from what source does she draw the idea for this goal?

10. What are the examples the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" uses in order to prove that African-Americans are currently living through a second Nadir?

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