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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 addition to Andre 3000, who is the other member of OutKast?
(a) Big Boi.
(b) Kendrick Lamar.
(c) Bootsy Collins.
(d) Lil Wayne.

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

3. 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?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Satire.

4. When discussing the murders at Emanuel Methodist Church, the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" states, "But Dylann Storm Roof did not create himself from" (146) what element?
(a) From the foundation of a strong upbringing.
(b) From nothing.
(c) From a place of understanding.
(d) From God's image.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" imagined himself in childhood as the Jamaican version of what fictional character?

2. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?

3. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?

4. What two qualities of his grandmother's does Kiese Laymon say he did not understand or feel inspired by until he heard his first OutKast album?

5. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Garnette Cadogan mean when he writes that "the way home became home" (130) during his childhood in Jamaica?

2. What was the object mentioned in the very first lines of OutKast's music first heard by Kiese Laymon and why did the object's mention draw him in?

3. How is repetition employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?

4. How does Emily Raboteau say she wishes to distinguish her role as a mother from both types of mothers depicted in the widely-circulated comic entitled "Still Two Americas"?

5. At the start of the essay "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning," why do the two women talking about one's recent arrival of a son laugh when the new mother says her first thought had been how she could get her baby boy out of America?

6. What two categories does Kevin Young say white thinking or acting out about being black almost always fall into and what example does he give for each category he names?

7. Name at least three actions that the author of "Composite Pops" attributes to all of the men he describes as Pops, his composite father.

8. What does Kevin Young identify as the main problem with Rachel Dolezal's claim of African ancestry?

9. What details does Kiese Laymon use in order to depict his grandmother's identity to the reader?

10. Who does Claudia Rankine name as the person who created "a new pathway for how to think about a lynched body" (147) and what does she mean?

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