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

2. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) Living DNA.
(b) National Geographic Genographic Project.
(c) Ancestry DNA.
(d) 23andMe.

3. Who founded the college in Alabama that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) Plantation owners.
(c) The Baptist Church of Alabama.
(d) Former slaves.

4. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?
(a) The longing to belong.
(b) The longing for independence.
(c) The longing to be heard.
(d) The longing to be understood.

5. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

2. The biography of Phillis Wheatley published in 1834 called Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, was written by a woman who claimed to be a what of Phillis Wheatley's former mistress?

3. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?

4. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?

5. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a quote within James Baldwin's book The Fire Next Time inspire Jesmyn ward to put together her own collection to create The Fire This Time?

2. At the time of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's visit to Nice, how had her relationship with money recently changed?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What religion is being referenced in the conversation in Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D." and what details are included that lead to this conclusion?

7. What are the elements of James Baldwin's life and character that Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah describes as being off-putting to her at one point in her life?

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

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

10. What reasons does Jesmyn Ward provide for her claim that it is "impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees" (91)?

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