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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. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
2. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?
3. What song did President Barack Obama sing at the funeral for those killed in the Emanuel Mother Church massacre?
4. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
5. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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"?
3. What details does Kiese Laymon use in order to depict his grandmother's identity to the reader?
4. How is repetition employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?
5. 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?
6. Why does Kevin Young insert "[name withheld]" rather than naming the killer responsible for the murders in Charleston?
7. What event does the author of "Composite Pops" name as the one that taught him that he must be able to save himself?
8. Why does Garnette Cadogan hold out hope that he will not encounter the same problems while walking in New York City that he had while walking in New Orleans?
9. What does Garnette Cadogan mean when he writes that "the way home became home" (130) during his childhood in Jamaica?
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?
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
Discuss Daniel Jose Older's purpose in choosing the form of a letter to write his piece "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution." How does the form chosen serve to further his included messages and themes?
Essay Topic 3
Determine the most prominent message inherent in Emily Raboteau's essay, "Know Your Rights!" and prove your claim about her message using concrete details from the essay.
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