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

2. Who is described as Jason's wife in "Boys"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Rochelle.
(d) Natasha.

3. From whom is the letter in "Boulders"?
(a) L.
(b) K.
(c) H.
(d) M.

4. To what Seinfeld character does Doyle compare herself in "Permission Slips"?
(a) George.
(b) Kramer.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Seinfeld.

5. What does Doyle consider to be the catalyst of compassion in "Bases"?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tish when Doyle and she went to her favorite bookstore in the narrative of "Talks"?

2. Where were Ariel's parents found by the team of Doyle's organization to reunite children lost at the border and their families?

3. What television show does Doyle describe watching with her family after the news as a child in "Racists"?

4. What did Abby describe protecting her island with Doyle in her metaphor in "Islands"?

5. What percentage of white Americans approved of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was alive, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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