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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Timothy Loehmann.
(c) Roy Oliver.
(d) Frank Garmback.

3. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/2.

4. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
(a) Legal.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Unconstitutional.
(d) Justified.

5. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?
(a) "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
(b) "On Being Brought from Africa to America."
(c) "The Spider and the Fly."
(d) "Upon the Burning of Our House."

6. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
(a) She would have slain her master.
(b) She would have developed a dissociative disorder.
(c) She would not have survived it.
(d) She would have run away.

7. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The sea air.
(b) The magnolia tree.
(c) The popping corn.
(d) The paper mill.

8. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Palmetto trees.
(b) Magnolia trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Apple trees.

9. 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?
(a) Thomas Carper.
(b) Trent Lott.
(c) Benjamin Cardin.
(d) Strom Thurmond.

10. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A birth.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A wedding anniversary.

11. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

12. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
(a) Jasmine Walker.
(b) Jesmyn Ward.
(c) James Thurber.
(d) Jessica Walsh.

13. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?
(a) The longing to be heard.
(b) The longing for independence.
(c) The longing to belong.
(d) The longing to be understood.

14. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Six times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Eight times.
(d) Ten times.

15. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1768.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?

2. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?

3. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?

4. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?

5. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?

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