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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did Doyle help form for children on the border?
(a) Helping Hands.
(b) Women United.
(c) Together Rising.
(d) Women Rising.

2. Doyle states in "Boys" that girls born into a patriarchal society become either shrewd or what?
(a) Wise.
(b) Armored.
(c) Strong.
(d) Sick.

3. What is the name of Doyle's sister?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Allison.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Michelle.

4. What did Trayvon Martin have that was perceived of as a gun, according to the narrative in "Racists"?
(a) A bag of Skittles.
(b) A toy gun.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A cell phone.

5. What is brave parenting, according to Doyle in "Poems"?
(a) Standing up for differences.
(b) Protecting children from pain.
(c) Thinking outside of the box.
(d) Listening to the Knowing.

6. To what Seinfeld character does Doyle compare herself in "Permission Slips"?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) Elaine.
(c) George.
(d) Kramer.

7. What is the last name of Doyle's children?
(a) Melton.
(b) Richards.
(c) Doyle.
(d) O'Connor.

8. Who is cited in the quote about doing better in "Racists"?
(a) Malcom X.
(b) James Wood.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. How old was Doyle when she first went to have Botox treatments?
(a) 35.
(b) 32.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

10. How many flavors of cream cheese was Doyle suggested to provide in "Cream Cheeses"?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

11. Where does Doyle say her mother lives in "Islands"?
(a) Texas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Louisiana.

12. In "Racists," Doyle describes, in metaphor, growing up in a mine and the air being what?
(a) Misogyny.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Smokey.
(d) Filled with sand.

13. What percentage of white Americans approved of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was alive, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) 50%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 30%.

14. How old was Chase when Doyle and his father got him a cell phone?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

15. Doyle told her daughters in "Racists" that someone once told her that marching is what?
(a) Showing determination.
(b) Making a stand.
(c) Praying with your feet.
(d) Scaring the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Doyle equates her immersion into the world of black and brown authors and their works to what in "Racists"?

2. What was the meeting in the 1970s called of 15,000 pastors to train them on how to convince their congregations to vote for anti-choice, anti-gay candidates?

3. How long ago does Doyle describe watching CNN in "Boys"?

4. To what does Doyle equate judgment to in "Bloodbaths"?

5. What must come before revolution, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

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