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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the chapter "Concessions" focused on?
(a) A television show.
(b) A movie.
(c) A dance club.
(d) A wedding.

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

4. Doyle equates her immersion into the world of black and brown authors and their works to what in "Racists"?
(a) Getting sober.
(b) Being transported.
(c) Experiencing bulimia.
(d) Being caged.

5. At what rate are black drug users incarcerated versus white drug users, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 6 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 3 times.

6. What was Tish's soccer jersey issued to her printed with, causing her to lead a revolt?
(a) "Lady Bruins."
(b) "Lady Badgers."
(c) "Lady Rustlers."
(d) "Lady Lions."

7. How much money did Doyle's organization for border children raise to reunify families in its first nine hours?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $700,000.
(c) $140,000.
(d) $1 million.

8. What does Doyle say privilege is in "Bases"?
(a) Being born on third base.
(b) Being born on second base.
(c) Being born in the catcher's mitt.
(d) Being born on home plate.

9. What friend did not like Tish when she was 12, according to the narrative in "Talks"?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Donna.
(c) Sara.
(d) Maria.

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

11. How long ago does Doyle describe watching CNN in "Boys"?
(a) 7 years ago.
(b) 3 years ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

12. Who is described as Jason's wife in "Boys"?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Rochelle.
(c) Mary.
(d) Natasha.

13. What famous essay by Martin Luther King, Jr. does Doyle discuss in "Racists"?
(a) "On the Importance of Jazz."
(b) "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
(c) "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence."
(d) "I Have a Dream."

14. How many choices does Doyle assert we have when hate or division is being spread in our religious institutions in "Decals"?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited in the quote about doing better in "Racists"?

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

3. To what Seinfeld character does Doyle compare herself in "Permission Slips"?

4. Whose presidency does Doyle saddle with having created the Religious Right movement?

5. What did Abby describe protecting her island with Doyle in her metaphor in "Islands"?

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