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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim the world says not to wear in the house in Chapter 4?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Hats.
(d) Sunglasses.

2. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?
(a) "Lose need altogether."
(b) "Hold everything black and see."
(c) "Stand in silence."
(d) "Walk forward without looking."

3. What play by William Shakespeare is cited in the end of the book?
(a) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(b) Two Gentlemen of Verona.
(c) The Tragedy of Othello.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

5. What does the author describe the passenger in her car telling her in Chapter 1?
(a) "That his wife is leaving him for the dean with whom she's been having an affair."
(b) "That his dean is making him hire a person of color when there are so many great writers out there."
(c) "That his work was examining race in America."
(d) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?

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

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

4. What word used by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a thing that represents or stands for something else?

5. When was Trayvon Martin born?

(see the answer key)

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