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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 is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
(a) Jesmyn Ward.
(b) James Thurber.
(c) Jessica Walsh.
(d) Jasmine Walker.

2. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

3. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?
(a) 8 million.
(b) Six million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) Two million.

4. What type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?
(a) A publishing internship.
(b) A reporting internship.
(c) A professorial internship.
(d) A carpentry internship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?

2. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?

3. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

4. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

5. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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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