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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doyle states in "Poems" that right after itchy boredom is what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Self-discovery.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anxiety.

2. What was on Abby's necklace that became ensnarled in "Knots"?
(a) The letter M.
(b) The letter D.
(c) The letter G.
(d) The letter P.

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

4. Who is the woman that is described as asking the question about her grandchildren at the conference in "Questions"?
(a) Elise.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Ronda.
(d) Mary.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Doyle consider to be the catalyst of compassion in "Bases"?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Pain.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Imagination.

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

11. Whose presidency does Doyle saddle with having created the Religious Right movement?
(a) Ronald Reagan's.
(b) George H. W. Bush's.
(c) Jimmy Carter's.
(d) George W. Bush's.

12. How old was Tish when Doyle and she went to her favorite bookstore in the narrative of "Talks"?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

14. How old was Ariel when Doyle's sister escorted him back to his family after having been separated at the border?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

15. How old was Doyle when she began treatment for bulimia?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Doyle describe sitting in a minister's office in "Knots"?

2. In "Racists," Doyle describes, in metaphor, growing up in a mine and the air being what?

3. What word did Tish ask her mother to spell for her in "Talks"?

4. To what does Doyle compare love in a metaphor in "Boulders"?

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

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