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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Police Accountability.
(c) Freedom of Movement.
(d) Public Safety.

2. After what meal did Kiese Laymon's grandmother make him take a teaspoon of cod liver oil whenever he stayed with her?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Breakfast.

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 nurtured him.
(b) They had bestowed him with wisdom.
(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. What two qualities of his grandmother's does Kiese Laymon say he did not understand or feel inspired by until he heard his first OutKast album?
(a) Her funk and business sense.
(b) Her stank and freshness.
(c) Her smile and soul.
(d) Her light and heat.

5. 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)?
(a) Planting.
(b) Burying.
(c) Ignoring.
(d) Witnessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?

2. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" states that seeing a lone woman walking at night in Jamaica was as common a sight as the sight of what mythic creature?

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

4. When Kevin Young states that being black is not a feeling and is not "simply a state of mind" (109), what does he say blackness is instead?

5. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways did Kiese Laymon feel validated and inspired by the words of Andre 3000 at the Source Awards of 1995?

2. What does Kevin Young identify as the main problem with Rachel Dolezal's claim of African ancestry?

3. What is People's Justice and what is the organization's goal?

4. How does Kevin Young, the author of the essay "Blacker Than Thou" support his point that similarities and solidarity among black people are more about culture than about physical appearances?

5. What event does the author of "Composite Pops" name as the one that taught him that he must be able to save himself?

6. Who does Claudia Rankine name as the person who created "a new pathway for how to think about a lynched body" (147) and what does she mean?

7. Name at least three actions that the author of "Composite Pops" attributes to all of the men he describes as Pops, his composite father.

8. What distinction does Kiese Laymon make between "stank" and "freshness" (118) in his essay "Da Art of Storytellin' (A Prequel)"?

9. How is repetition employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?

10. How is paradox employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?

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