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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did Doyle help form for children on the border?

2. Who is the friend that eight-year-old Tish said did not like her in the dialogue in "Talks"?

3. In what year of high school was Chase when Doyle took a walk with him to talk about his phone in "Poems"?

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

5. What friend did not like Tish when she was 12, according to the narrative in "Talks"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

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

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

8. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Doyle's struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. When did these struggles begin? When did she get sober? How did she get sober? How did that change her?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Doyle's relationship with her sister. Where does Doyle's sister live? Were they close growing up? Are they close now? What does Doyle write about her sister?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Doyle's experiences in Paris. When and why did she go to Paris? What did she observe there? How does Doyle compare Paris to the United States?

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