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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. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
2. What does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" ultimately determine is the one feeling that the whole United States needs to share before racially-motivated police brutality can end?
3. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?
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 does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kevin Young identify as the main problem with Rachel Dolezal's claim of African ancestry?
2. How does the poem "Queries of Unrest" connect to the part of the collection that it opens, entitled Reckoning?
3. What event does the author of "Composite Pops" name as the one that taught him that he must be able to save himself?
4. 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?
5. What details does Kiese Laymon use in order to depict his grandmother's identity to the reader?
6. What is People's Justice and what is the organization's goal?
7. What two reasons does the author of "Know Your Rights" give for being bothered by her four-year-old son's tantrum during the family's walk to High Bridge?
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. 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?
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
Many pieces within the collection The Fire This Time portray interactions between people of different cultures. Choose three of these pieces and compare and contrast how each author uses stories of the interactions between cultures in order to send their messages regarding race and culture in America or elsewhere in the world.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze how the author of "Blacker Than Thou" uses humor as a way to gain entry into the serious subject of cultural appropriation both historical and current.
Essay Topic 3
Focus on the life and death of Trayvon Martin as a touchstone for many essays within The Fire This Time. How is the story of Trayvon Martin used by different authors in order to further their messages regarding racial inequality and race-fueled injustices within America?
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