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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. Who became Sellers's fiance?
(a) Ellen Rucker.
(b) Marsha Black.
(c) Jennifer Rhodes.
(d) Halle Jefferson.

2. What did Martin Luther King Jr. aspire to be in his career before he became a minister?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An accountant.
(d) An actor.

3. Who does Sellers remember as arguably the most compassionate member of the General Assembly in South Carolina during the time he served there?
(a) Nikki Haley.
(b) Mick Mulvaney.
(c) Robert Sims.
(d) Joe Neal.

4. How much of the vote did Sellers win in his 2014 election?
(a) 48%.
(b) 36%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 52%.

5. What symbol that many find racist and offensive was still displayed at the South Carolina State Capitol when Sellers was sworn in as a legislator?
(a) The British flag.
(b) The Confederate Flag.
(c) The cross.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan emblem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former Morehouse president influenced great civil rights leaders, according to Sellers?

2. What is Sellers's usual reaction to the racist messages he regularly receives on social media?

3. Who asked Sellers to endorse Barack Obama for president?

4. Which of the following did Sellers view as critical to his candidacy in 2005?

5. What office did Sellers run for in the latter half of his college career at Morehouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, why does Sellers say the Confederate flag continued to fly at the South Carolina state capitol well into the 2000s?

2. Why did the Georgia House of Representatives refuse to seat Julian Bond after he won an election there in 1965?

3. What reaction did Sellers often have to the hateful speech and messages he received via social media?

4. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?

5. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?

6. What does Sellers think is one positive aspect of anger?

7. What mistake did Sellers realize he and the other organizers made during Obama's 2007 visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg?

8. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?

9. How did Ellen, Sellers's partner, react to his decision to run for lieutenant governor?

10. How did Jim Clyburn react to Sellers's decision to run for Lieutenant governor?

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