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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

2. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?
(a) Weather.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Police.

3. What is NOT one of the services Mitchell Jackson says had been provided to him by one or all of his group of father figures?
(a) They had bestowed him with wisdom.
(b) They had nurtured him.
(c) They had given him tough love when he needed it.
(d) They had made sure he knew it was in him to surpass them.

4. The series of Know Your Rights murals were commissioned by a coalition of grassroots organizations called People's Justice for Community Control and what?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Public Safety.
(c) Freedom of Movement.
(d) Police Accountability.

5. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?
(a) Let them win.
(b) Humor them.
(c) Wake them up.
(d) Throw them a bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had The High Bridge been inactive before reopening again just before Emily Raboteau and her family took a walk across it?

2. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?

3. What does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" ultimately determine is the one feeling that the whole United States needs to share before racially-motivated police brutality can end?

4. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?

5. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?

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