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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
2. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
3. Who else in Jesmyn Ward's family gets genetic testing done at the same time she does?
4. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?
5. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
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. To what conclusion does Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ultimately come to about the desire to "preserve things" (31)?
3. 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?
4. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say that she feels upon looking at all of the works within The Fire This Time and why?
5. How does Carol Anderson refute the idea that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision was a complete triumph for black advancement in America?
6. For what purpose had Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, the author of "The Weight," come to London just before her acquaintance convinces her to visit James Baldwin's former house in France?
7. How does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" evoke feelings of hope in the reader at the end of her essay?
8. 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?
9. In her essay entitled "White Rage," what distinction does Carol Anderson make between white rage and black rage?
10. What reasons does Jesmyn Ward provide for her claim that it is "impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees" (91)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several of the works within The Fire This Time focus on family relationships. Choose three of these works and discuss how they work together to send a larger message about race and family across the collection.
Essay Topic 2
Several essays in the collection The Fire This Time point out differences between being black in America and being black in other parts of the world. Choose three of these essays and use concrete details and examples from each in order to make a claim regarding each author's message about the contrast between black life in America versus black life in other areas of the world.
Essay Topic 3
Conduct a deep analysis of Garnette Cadogan's intended audience for his essay "Black and Blue." What are the characteristics of his intended audience and what elements of his essay prove the characteristics he expects his audience to have? Be sure to amply prove your determinations of audience characteristics using concrete details and examples from the text.
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