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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a thing that represents or stands for something else?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Protagonist.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 6 is described by the author as a script for what?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 6, the author writes, "The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a" what?

5. What does the author describe around the collar of her big coat in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scenario does the author describe while waiting at a bar of a restaurant in Chapter 5?

2. How does the author compare the Rodney King beating and the death of Mark Duggan in Chapter 6?

3. What is the author referring to when she writes "I was creating a life study of a monumental first person, a Brahmin first person"?

4. How does the author describe the past in Chapter 5?

5. How does the narrator describe overcoming her inner struggle in the conclusion of Chapter 5?

6. What theme is explored when the narrator describes her experience in the drug store in Chapter 5?

7. What does Hurricane Katrina symbolize for the author?

8. What is an example of irony in Chapter 5? How does this example serve the work?

9. What are some examples of imagery (simile, metaphor, etc.) in Chapter 5?

10. How does the author's language and narrative style change in Chapter 5?

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