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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. Why was Doyle's friend Mimi concerned about her son in "Woods"?
(a) He was spending hours playing Nintendo.
(b) He was secretly drinking.
(c) He was spending hours on his phone.
(d) He was dabbling in drugs.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What television show does Doyle describe watching with her family after the news as a child in "Racists"?

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

3. Who is the woman that is described as asking the question about her grandchildren at the conference in "Questions"?

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

5. How long ago does Doyle describe watching CNN in "Boys"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Evangelical Christian church change during and after the Civil Rights Movement?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

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