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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Williams' godmother's name?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Marjorie.
2. What did Williams find herself upset by in the department store?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A singer.
(c) A security guard.
(d) A small dog.
3. What happened to be white woman Williams read about in the paper?
(a) She was given black sperm.
(b) She killed a man.
(c) She was killed.
(d) She was falsely imprisoned.
4. Who did the black community fiercely criticize?
(a) The district attorney's officer.
(b) The Mexican-American community.
(c) The media.
(d) White officers.
5. What did the Tawana Brawley case come to represent according to Williams?
(a) Family violence.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Black manhood vs white justice.
(d) The plight of young women in the 1980's.
6. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?
(a) The conference was about rape.
(b) The conference was about media relationships.
(c) The conference was about white establishment.
(d) The conference was about underage drinking.
7. When did Williams relate what disturbed her to her sister?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Years.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.
8. What does Williams say made African Americans visible?
(a) Running for office.
(b) Social commitments to protect rights.
(c) Crime.
(d) Newscasts.
9. What did Mike Tyson give Tawana Brawley?
(a) A punch.
(b) Self defense lessons.
(c) Advice on cashing in on her situation.
(d) Tickets for his fights.
10. What does Williams say she noticed a year after her entering the same building?
(a) A new security pad at the entrance.
(b) The same children.
(c) A security guard.
(d) The same "bum."
11. What does Williams say the world hates?
(a) Brown spills.
(b) Racism.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Trouble makers.
12. Who does Williams say strongly supported Tawana Brawley?
(a) White police officers.
(b) The black community.
(c) The media.
(d) Lawyers.
13. Where does Williams go after meeting her sister?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) Pasadena.
(d) San Francisco.
14. What did Williams' friends pressure her to admit about the show in the department store?
(a) The songs were good.
(b) It was progress.
(c) The book was unreadable.
(d) She was racist.
15. What did Mike Tyson do that Williams says was unfair he was not despised for?
(a) Losing to a white boxer.
(b) Killing a tiger.
(c) Beating his wife.
(d) Boxing.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Williams doing at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?
2. How many children does Williams say stormed out off the door as she was entering?
3. How old was Tawana Brawley in 1987?
4. What did Williams and her colleague agree the market imposed in Part IV, Chapter 12?
5. How does Williams describe as abstract law?
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