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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. Who is the friend that eight-year-old Tish said did not like her in the dialogue in "Talks"?
(a) Keri.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sara.
(d) Anna.

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

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

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

5. What was on Abby's necklace that became ensnarled in "Knots"?
(a) The letter G.
(b) The letter P.
(c) The letter D.
(d) The letter M.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous essay by Martin Luther King, Jr. does Doyle discuss in "Racists"?

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

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

4. What was the meeting in the 1970s called of 15,000 pastors to train them on how to convince their congregations to vote for anti-choice, anti-gay candidates?

5. What is the chapter "Concessions" focused on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is imagination important to empathy?

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