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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 7, Fire and Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams say some people asked when she told her story about the store?
(a) When it happened.
(b) Who the attendant was.
(c) If she contacted the store.
(d) If she was just privileging her own view.

2. Who was the "bum" referred by the children?
(a) A dog.
(b) An white "bag lady".
(c) An elderly African-American woman.
(d) An elderly African-American man.

3. What did Williams enter at the start of Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) A store.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A police station.
(d) A storage depot.

4. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?
(a) The associate dean.
(b) A student.
(c) The dean.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does Williams say she had to fight over while being on a consumer protection board?
(a) The definition of sausage.
(b) The definition of African American.
(c) The definition of pancake.
(d) The definition of mushroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman Williams talked with complain about?

2. What was removed from the article after the second edit?

3. What does Williams say younger adults are socialized to have?

4. Where does Williams say a friend of hers was held at gunpoint?

5. What does Williams say racist attitudes towards African-American is?

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