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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) 3 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 6 times.

2. What organization did Doyle help form for children on the border?
(a) Women United.
(b) Women Rising.
(c) Together Rising.
(d) Helping Hands.

3. In what grade is Amma in Doyle's narrative about her in "Bases"?
(a) Second.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

4. What television show does Doyle describe watching with her family after the news as a child in "Racists"?
(a) Growing Pains.
(b) Alf.
(c) Mork and Mindy.
(d) Cops.

5. How old was Doyle when she first went to have Botox treatments?
(a) 32.
(b) 35.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Doyle compare love in a metaphor in "Boulders"?

2. From whom is the letter in "Boulders"?

3. Doyle states in "Questions" that she does not believe that "gayness" is contagious, but that she does believe what is?

4. How much of her daily thoughts are about her body, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

5. What is the last name of Doyle's children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

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

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