View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?
(a) Homecoming.
(b) Little Fires Everywhere.
(c) Big Little Lies.
(d) Wysteria Lane.

2. Who did Laura Ingraham address her "Shut up and dribble" comment to, as cited by Rankine in Part IV?
(a) LeBron James.
(b) Magic Johnson.
(c) Charles Barkley.
(d) Kobe Bryant.

3. Which actress does Rankine mention as being blacklisted in the 1960s?
(a) Eartha Kitt.
(b) Sandra Bullock.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Halle Berry.

4. What does Rankine do to small pieces of the text of her poem on page 213 that is visually striking?
(a) Puts the words in very bold text.
(b) Put the words in italics.
(c) Puts the words in red text.
(d) Puts the words in sanskrit.

5. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Reproach.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Directness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?

2. What does Rankine's white friend do to try to explain her actions at the play to Rankine after the fact?

3. What is the title of Wendy Roth's book that Rankine cites in Part IV?

4. Why does one white man tell Rankine he is comfortable around Black people?

5. What does Rankine insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the white female judge say about her son in Part IV that shocks Rankine?

2. What cliched phrase that is often used to excuse terrible behavior on the part of boys and men did Rankine recall hearing after the Kavanaugh hearings in Part IV?

3. In Part IV, what kinds of conversations does Rankine include excerpts from?

4. Why does Rankine stop herself abruptly when comparing herself and a white friend in Part III?

5. In Part IV, what does a white man say to a white woman - ostensibly his partner - when she arrives at the airport gate late?

6. Why do you think Rankine includes the photo of the white man holding a sign saying "I am not ashamed/afraid to be white" on page 140?

7. Which trope does Rankine feel she is "sailing closer and closer to" in Part III at a dinner party and why does she feel this way (149)?

8. What did former President Lyndon Johnson tell journalist Bill Moyers about white and Black relations?

9. What does the term "people of color" mean to Rankine?

10. What does Rankine mean when she asks the question, "Whose boys get to be boys?" (264).

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 938 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample