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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sellers's parents first try to make a living in the town they moved to in the 1990s?

2. How did some people describe Sellers's mother?

3. Whose killing inspired Cleveland Sellers to do more in the civil rights movement?

4. What kinds of fish did Sellers use to catch with his siblings?

5. What was Sellers doing the night Pop got shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedy happened in Pop's family when Pop was just a young boy?

2. What was significant about The Orangeburg Massacre's place in history?

3. What does Sellers think about his father's involvement in the Orangeburg Massacre?

4. How did Sellers get his internship at Congressman Jim Clyburn's office?

5. In the Introduction, how does Sellers describe the so-called Low Country of South Carolina?

6. What does being "country" mean to Sellers?

7. What is jiving as Sellers describes it?

8. What was Sellers's relationship to religion growing up?

9. How does Sellers feel about Morehouse College?

10. Why does Sellers say Denmark is part of the forgotten South?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sellers describe his feelings about the racist and hate-filled messages he receives regularly via social media? What does Sellers feel the best reaction and/or response to these kinds of messages is? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Sellers thinks Donald Trump's presidential campaign and presidency say about America, and about race relations in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

What do tattoos mean to Sellers, and what do some of the tattoos he has symbolize for him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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