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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asks of the reader in Chapter 6 of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Have you seen their" what?
(a) "Homes."
(b) "Destiny."
(c) "Faces."
(d) "Loss."

2. What was considered to be the murder weapon in James Craig Anderson's death?
(a) A rope.
(b) A truck.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

3. What is the narrator instructed to do after being fingerprinted and stripped in "Stop-and-Frisk" in Chapter 6?
(a) To step into the holding cell.
(b) To leave and walk home.
(c) To speak with her lawyer.
(d) To make a telephone call.

4. Where was Trayvon Martin killed?
(a) Gainesville, Florida.
(b) Pensacola, Florida.
(c) Miami, Florida.
(d) Sanford, Florida.

5. In Chapter 5, the author writes of a "Blue ceiling calling a body into the midst of" what?
(a) "Freedom."
(b) "Azure."
(c) "Legality."
(d) "Melancholy."

6. What was the song-and-dance caricature of blacks that developed later into the term "Jim Crow" in referring to African Americans?
(a) "Fighting Jim Crow."
(b) "Black Jim Crow."
(c) "Dance Jim Crow."
(d) "Jump Jim Crow."

7. What does the author describe the storm carrying her through in Chapter 5?
(a) The desert.
(b) Dawn.
(c) The forest.
(d) Dusk.

8. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Everyone understood you to be suffering and still everyone thought you thought" what?
(a) "You were nothing."
(b) "You were the sun."
(c) "You were alone."
(d) "You were invisible."

9. On what date did the beating take place involving the Jena Six?
(a) August 29, 2005.
(b) August 4, 2011.
(c) December 4, 2006.
(d) February 26, 2012.

10. What word in Chapter 5 means to cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority?
(a) Convoke.
(b) Evoke.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Reverie.

11. How many individuals were indicted for conspiracy of several hate crimes against African Americans, including James Craig Anderson, committed from the spring of 2011 to March 2012?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

12. The author writes in Chapter 6, "My brother is completed by" what?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Nothing."
(c) "Sky."
(d) "Hope."

13. The author describes the script in Chapter 6 as being comprised of quotes from what television station?
(a) ABC News.
(b) CNN.
(c) FOX News.
(d) MSNBC.

14. What ocean does the author describe "breaking on our heads" in Chapter 5?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Southern Ocean.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

15. The author describes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Chapter 6, saying that her friend said that the FEMA people all wanted to stay where?
(a) In Missouri.
(b) In Texas.
(c) In Georgia.
(d) In Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was James Craig Anderson murdered?

2. Where did James Craig Anderson work?

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

4. In a poetic monologue in Chapter 6, the author writes, "The hearts of my brothers are" what?

5. Who shot and killed Trayvon Martin?

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