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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes hearing two men outside a conference room in Chapter 3, when one says to the other that "being around black people is like" what?
(a) "Watching a foreign film without translation."
(b) "Being amongst fellow compatriots."
(c) "Wandering alone in a desert."
(d) "Being in a pool of fish."

2. The author claims in Chapter 5 that "the conversations you have with your eyes translate" what?
(a) "A shiny skyscraper."
(b) "A white cloud of rain."
(c) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(d) "Everything and nothing."

3. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?
(a) Jayson Musson.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Sherman James.
(d) Chris Marker.

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts?
(a) Levity.
(b) Compulsion.
(c) Epistolary.
(d) Reverie.

5. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "A friend tells you he has seen a photograph of you on the Internet and he wants to know why you look so" what?
(a) "Happy."
(b) "Angry."
(c) "Cerebral."
(d) "Scared."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author solicit the reader to "Join me down here" in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?

3. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?

4. What film does the author describe seeing with a friend in Chapter 1?

5. What does the "woman with multiple degrees" say she didn't know black women could get, in Chapter 3?

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