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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 – 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the "sigh is the pathway to" what?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "Love."
(c) "The self."
(d) "Vulnerability."

2. What word from Chapter 2 means to have commercialized something?
(a) Extradicted.
(b) Codified.
(c) Mollified.
(d) Commodified.

3. Where does the author describe rushing to meet a friend in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Berkeley.

4. The author says in Chapter 4 that "truth be told, you could no more control those sighs than" what?
(a) "You could control your own mind."
(b) "The oppression of my people."
(c) "The lies of history."
(d) "That which brings the sighs about."

5. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?
(a) Because of his failing grades.
(b) Because of his lack of extracurricular activities.
(c) Because of affirmative action.
(d) Because of his lack of ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?

2. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?

3. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?

4. What does the author describe the man at the cash register asking her in Chapter 3?

5. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the past has "turned your flesh into its own" what?

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