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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?
(a) "Sheep."
(b) "Slaves."
(c) "Children."
(d) "Deer."

2. When does the author first describe watching the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2007.

3. What word from Chapter 5 means censored or obscured?
(a) Impelled.
(b) Depleted.
(c) Redacted.
(d) Compelled.

4. Where does the author solicit the reader to "Join me down here" in Chapter 5?
(a) "In tomorrow."
(b) "In nowhere."
(c) "In sorrow."
(d) "In history."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?

3. What does the author describe her friend calling her because she is late in the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to humor or frivolity, especially in the treatment of a serious matter?

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