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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. What must come before revolution, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) Discontent.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Anger.
(d) Unity.

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

3. Doyle states in "Boys" that girls born into a patriarchal society become either shrewd or what?
(a) Armored.
(b) Strong.
(c) Sick.
(d) Wise.

4. What is the chapter "Concessions" focused on?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A movie.
(c) A television show.
(d) A dance club.

5. What was Tish's soccer jersey issued to her printed with, causing her to lead a revolt?
(a) "Lady Rustlers."
(b) "Lady Lions."
(c) "Lady Bruins."
(d) "Lady Badgers."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited in the quote about doing better in "Racists"?

2. Who is described as Jason's wife in "Boys"?

3. In "Racists," Doyle describes, in metaphor, growing up in a mine and the air being what?

4. Who is the boy in Amma's class that is discussed in "Bases"?

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

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 do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

5. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

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

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

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

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

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