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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. To what danger is the author of the essay "Black and Blue" referring when he writes, "The streets had their own safety. Unlike at home, there I could be myself without fear of bodily harm" (130)?
(a) His stepfather's physical abuse.
(b) His grandmother's physical abuse.
(c) His brother's physical abuse.
(d) His mother's physical abuse.

2. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?
(a) Longest bridge.
(b) Tallest bridge.
(c) Oldest standing bridge.
(d) Most often traversed bridge.

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?
(a) Driving black people back into segregation.
(b) Getting the police to shoot him.
(c) Making a statement about bullying.
(d) Igniting a race war.

4. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
(a) To show her son.
(b) To turn away.
(c) To cry.
(d) To take a picture.

5. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
(a) Grapes, blackberries, and plums.
(b) Apples, pears, and strawberries.
(c) Bananas, raspberries, and apples.
(d) Kiwis, mangos, and pears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Mitchell Jackson's father figures were biologically related to him?

2. 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?

3. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" end her list of rules that she says may help a black person avoid being killed?

4. In order to get away from the site of the murder of her son, Tamir Rice, Samaria Rice moved out of her Cleveland home and into what type of dwelling?

5. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kevin Young, the author of the essay "Blacker Than Thou" support his point that similarities and solidarity among black people are more about culture than about physical appearances?

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

3. What is People's Justice and what is the organization's goal?

4. What does Kevin Young write is one of the best things about being black?

5. 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?

6. In what ways did Kiese Laymon feel validated and inspired by the words of Andre 3000 at the Source Awards of 1995?

7. Why does Kevin Young insert "[name withheld]" rather than naming the killer responsible for the murders in Charleston?

8. What event does the author of "Composite Pops" name as the one that taught him that he must be able to save himself?

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

10. What distinction does Kiese Laymon make between "stank" and "freshness" (118) in his essay "Da Art of Storytellin' (A Prequel)"?

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