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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year of high school was Chase when Doyle took a walk with him to talk about his phone in "Poems"?
(a) Junior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Senior.

2. Who is the boy in Amma's class that is discussed in "Bases"?
(a) Peter.
(b) Mike.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Jason.

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

4. What must come before revolution, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) Unity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Discontent.

5. What does Doyle claim gender is in "Boys"?
(a) Standard.
(b) Prescribed.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Fluid.

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

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

8. What percentage of white Americans approve of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) 90%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 70%.

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

10. How much of her daily thoughts are about her body, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) 50%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 75%.

11. What did Doyle joke the reason was that everyone is so gay all of a sudden at the conference in "Questions"?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Overpopulation.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Bad parenting.

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

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

14. What television show does Doyle describe watching with her family after the news as a child in "Racists"?
(a) Mork and Mindy.
(b) Cops.
(c) Growing Pains.
(d) Alf.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Doyle compare humanity in a metaphor in "Racists"?

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

3. How old was Doyle when she first went to have Botox treatments?

4. What is the name of Doyle's sister?

5. Who is the friend that eight-year-old Tish said did not like her in the dialogue in "Talks"?

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