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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. To what does Doyle compare love in a metaphor in "Boulders"?
(a) A river.
(b) A rosebush.
(c) A teardrop.
(d) A tulip.

2. What did Doyle's father do when her therapist first asked her parents to sit in for a session, according to the narrative in "Racists"?
(a) He walked out.
(b) He talked a lot.
(c) He refused to go.
(d) He sat patiently.

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

4. Using Doyle's analogy in "Questions," sexuality is what?
(a) Sand.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Doyle compare humanity in a metaphor in "Racists"?

2. How old was Chase when Doyle and his father got him a cell phone?

3. Why was Doyle's friend Mimi concerned about her son in "Woods"?

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

5. According to Doyle's analogies in "Questions," if faith is water what is religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

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

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

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

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