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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which day of Kwanzaa does Scooter deliver a television to Ailey?
(a) Umoja.
(b) Kujichagulia.
(c) Ujima.
(d) Ujamaa.

2. In what year is Nick’s letter to Samuel dated?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1868.

3. Which of the following is Oludara’s scholarly rival?
(a) Roll Nyambe.
(b) Hee Diallo.
(c) Pitch Torongo.
(d) Yaw Abeeku.

4. Which of the following classes does Whitcomb teach?
(a) The Peculiar Institution in the Archives.
(b) Introduction to Graduate Work in the Archives.
(c) The Peculiar Institution in US History.
(d) Introduction to Graduate Work in US History.

5. With which of the following does the main text of the novel conclude?
(a) “I remain so grateful for her important scholarship.”
(b) “The question is my breath.”
(c) “He waved his arms wide, and the old man and I waited with our kin for him to join us.”
(d) “The people. The folks. Their songs.”

6. With which of the following does Song (8) begin?
(a) “Yes.”
(b) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(c) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”
(d) “We are the earth, the land.”

7. At which of the following does Ailey pursue a graduate degree?
(a) North Carolina Regents University.
(b) Campbell University.
(c) University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
(d) Duke University.

8. What is the name of Zulu’s restaurant?
(a) Zulu’s Tutu.
(b) Zulu’s Café.
(c) Zulu’s Eatery.
(d) Zulu’s Fufu.

9. What is the title of the public lecture Ailey is obliged to attend?
(a) “Race Relations during the Peach Tree Plague in Georgia.”
(b) “Repercussions of the Cotton Gin in North Carolina.”
(c) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Alabama.”
(d) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Mississippi.”

10. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) August.

11. Which of the following conflicts sees the Creek divided among themselves?
(a) The Boer War.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Red Stick War.

12. To whom of the following does Ailey compare Scooter?
(a) Cuba Gooding, Jr.
(b) Denzel Washington.
(c) Sidney Portier.
(d) Wesley Snipes.

13. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IX?
(a) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”
(b) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(c) “The Talented Tenth.”
(d) “The Black Belt.”

14. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of X?
(a) “The Talented Tenth.”
(b) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(c) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”
(d) “The Individual and Social Conscience.”

15. On which Atlanta road did Lydia live with Dante?
(a) Mt. Gilead.
(b) Harbon.
(c) Dodson.
(d) Campbellton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what North Carolina city does Ailey live while attending graduate school?

2. Which of the following epithets is accorded Andrew Jackson?

3. How many monographs does Whitcomb have?

4. Whom of the following is the first Ailey interviews for her dissertation?

5. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?

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