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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. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Alabama.

2. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?
(a) She found that her husband had died in her absence.
(b) She was freed.
(c) She ran away from her master's home.
(d) She gave birth to her third child.

3. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?
(a) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(b) Worcester, Massachusetts.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) Providence, Rhode Island.

4. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

5. When the author and her friend laugh at the immediate thought of getting one's child out of the country upon his birth, what is NOT named as one of the sources of their laughter?
(a) Mirth.
(b) Fear.
(c) An absurd stuckness.
(d) Vulnerability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?

2. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?

3. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

4. In a letter from Phillis Wheatley to the artist Obour Tanner, Wheatley relates the death of her mistress, saying that her mistress had treated her less like a "servant" (67) and more like a what?

5. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?

(see the answer key)

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