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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 year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2012.

2. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every 5-8 days.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every 4-6 days.
(d) Every 2-3 days.

3. Over what river does The High Bridge in New York City pass?
(a) The East River.
(b) The Harlem River.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The Bronx River.

4. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?
(a) Carefree and Panicked.
(b) Black and Blue.
(c) The Goin' Out Blues.
(d) Still Two Americas.

5. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?
(a) A volunteer position.
(b) An internship.
(c) An apprenticeship.
(d) An indentured servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which organization did Rachel Dolezal serve as a chapter president before the news broke that she was feigning her African-American ancestry?

2. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?

3. What two things does Kevin Young state that people must not have done in a while if they are surprised by "a white lady darkening her skin and curling her hair"? (106)

4. When all flags in the United States flew at half staff after the killings at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, which state did not lower its Confederate flag on state-house grounds?

5. How many men does Mitchell Jackson name as belonging to his group of father figures?

(see the answer key)

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