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

3. What does Doyle say privilege is in "Bases"?
(a) Being born on second base.
(b) Being born on third base.
(c) Being born in the catcher's mitt.
(d) Being born on home plate.

4. Doyle equates her immersion into the world of black and brown authors and their works to what in "Racists"?
(a) Being caged.
(b) Getting sober.
(c) Being transported.
(d) Experiencing bulimia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many flavors of cream cheese was Doyle suggested to provide in "Cream Cheeses"?

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

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

4. How old was Doyle when she began treatment for bulimia?

5. Using Doyle's analogy in "Questions," sexuality is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

4. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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