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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?
(a) "A throat to open."
(b) "The world of evil."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "History."

2. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?
(a) She is Hispanic.
(b) She is young.
(c) She is black.
(d) She is white.

3. When was Trayvon Martin born?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1999.

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

5. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a" what?
(a) "Collapsing mind."
(b) "Confusing future."
(c) "Silent attic."
(d) "Lost history."

6. What color is described repeatedly throughout Chapter 5?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

7. What does the ocean do regarding the "blues it can't absorb" in Chapter 5?
(a) It blushes.
(b) It hides.
(c) It flees.
(d) It shivers.

8. Where was James Craig Anderson murdered?
(a) Sarasota, Florida.
(b) Oxford, Mississippi.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

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

10. What literary word employed by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to either the participants or something else?
(a) Pronoun.
(b) Gerund.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Protagonist.

11. On what dates does the author cite for the section titled "In Memory of Trayvon Martin" in Chapter 6?
(a) February 26, 2012.
(b) August 29, 2005.
(c) June 26, 2011.
(d) August 4, 2011.

12. What does "FEMA" stand for?
(a) The Federal Extention Management Agency.
(b) The Financial Emergency Mitigation Agency.
(c) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(d) The First Emercency Management Agency.

13. Who is cited as saying that "skin color cannot be more important than the human being" in Chapter 6?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Deryl Dedmon.
(d) John Lucas.

14. With whom was the collaboration for the script described in Chapter 6?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) John Lucas.
(c) Jennifer Capriati.
(d) Sherman James.

15. In Chapter 6, the author says, "The fiction of the facts assumes innocence, ignorance, lack of intention" and what else?
(a) "Ambition."
(b) "Misdirection."
(c) "Corruption."
(d) "Education."

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the author describe trying to stamp from her mind in Chapter 6?

2. The author claims in Chapter 5 that "the conversations you have with your eyes translate" what?

3. On what date did the center of Hurricane Katrina pass southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana?

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

5. 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?

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