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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word did Tish ask her mother to spell for her in "Talks"?
(a) Addiction.
(b) Rosary.
(c) Petition.
(d) Discovery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Amma in Doyle's narrative about her in "Bases"?

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

3. What did Doyle joke the reason was that everyone is so gay all of a sudden at the conference in "Questions"?

4. What does Doyle say privilege is in "Bases"?

5. At what rate are black drug users incarcerated versus white drug users, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Doyle remark about modern parents in "Cream Cheeses"?

2. What is "cancel cultre" and how does it apply in "Racists"?

3. How does Doyle present her perspective on sexuaity and choice in "Permission Slips"?

4. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

5. What did the elderly woman ask Doyle at a speaking engagement in "Questions"? How did Doyle respond?

6. How is imagination important to empathy?

7. How has Doyle raised her daughters, according to the narrative in "Boys"?

8. Why is boredom important to kids, according to Doyle in "Poems"?

9. Why did Doyle react negatively when a character came out to her parents on a TV show in "Concessions"?

10. Why did Abby turn against God, according to the narrative in "Knots"?

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