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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. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Palmetto trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Magnolia trees.

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

3. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every 4-6 days.
(c) Every 5-8 days.
(d) Every 2-3 days.

4. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding anniversary.
(d) A birth.

5. 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 be understood.
(b) The longing to belong.
(c) The longing for independence.
(d) The longing to be heard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?

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

3. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

4. The author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" states that most of the information about Phillis Wheatley comes from a book published how many years after the poet's death?

5. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What unsettling comment does a senior editor make to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah during the first week of her magazine internship?

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. 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?

9. How does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" evoke feelings of hope in the reader at the end of her essay?

10. In what condition does Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah find James Baldwin's former house in France when she arrives there?

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