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

2. 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) Bad parenting.
(d) GMOs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whom is the opening message in "Islands"?

3. Doyle states in "Boys" that girls born into a patriarchal society become either shrewd or what?

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

5. What percentage of white Americans approved of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was alive, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Doyle liken the experience of unlearning racism to in "Racism"?

2. What is Together Rising and what is its mission?

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

4. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

5. How has Doyle raised her son, according to the narrative in "Boys"?

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

7. What happened when Doyle and her husband bought Chase a cell phone?

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

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

10. What inspired Doyle to begin self-educating herself about race and racism?

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