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| True/False: Dr. Flint is the father of Linda’s children. |
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| T/F: Mrs. Bruce refused to help Linda buy her freedom. |
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| False, she did buy her freedom. |
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| T/F: Linda lived for seven years in her grandmother’s attic crawlspace. |
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| T/F: Linda was an only child. |
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| False, she had a brother. |
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| T/F: Mr. Sands raped Linda. |
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| What was the name of the real-life Dr. Flint? |
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| What was the name of the real-life Mr. Sands? |
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| Venture's own father sold him into slavery. T/F? |
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| False, the father tried to save him. |
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| True or False: Venture was forced to marry Meg against his will. |
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| True or False: After himself, Meg was the first slave whose freedom Venture bought. |
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| True or False: Venture's son died of scurvy while out at sea. |
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| What is one feature/aspect/detail/theme/idea that you noticed in Smith’s Narrative which might further the cause of the abolition of slavery? |
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| What happened to the unnamed man who was found guilty of violating the Fugitive Slave Act? |
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| Why does Dick Owens take Grandison on a trip to the North? |
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| He wants to impress Charity by kidnapping a slave and setting him free. AKA just leave him there. |
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| Who did he try to take instead of Grandison? |
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| Why did Dick write a letter to the Boston abolitionists? |
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| He wanted them to kidnap Grandison. |
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| What does Grandison do when Dick strands him in Canada? |
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| He finds his way back and escapes with his family. |
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| Where does Charity’s aunt live? |
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| What is Douglas’s message in his speech? |
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| Slaves don't get to celebrate Independence Day. |
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| What is Hughes saying about Africans and African Americans in his poem? |
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| He reveals the relationship between the river and the lives of black people, starting with a river important during the early civilization and ending with a river on which slaves were transported and sold in the slave markets of America. |
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| Who owns the boarding house in which the play is set? |
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| Why is Loomis at the boarding house? |
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| How many years did Loomis work for Joe Turner? |
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| What was Loomis’ profession before he was captured by Joe Turner? |
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| What kind of work does Seth do? |
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| Why is Mattie at the boarding house? |
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| She want Bynum to Binder her and her boyfriend whom she cant find. |
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| True or False: Reuben is Seth and Betha’s son. |
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| What was Jeremy arrested for? |
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| Aside from being a salesman, why do people seek out Selig (what is his special skill)? |
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| Why is Molly at the boarding house? |
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| According to Bynum, how did he get the name “Bynum”? |
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| He binds people together. |
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| On what day was Loomis released from Joe Turner’s work farm? |
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| What similarities and differences do you see between these works? |
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| How is the “Negro” love song different from any other love song? |
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| What differences do you see over time between the earliest of these works and the latest? |
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| At the beginning of the story, which of Alex’s parents has died? |
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| What item in the story is made of ivory and jade (red and green)? |
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| What does Alex do for a living, though he doesn’t actually make any money doing it? |
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| What city does Alex live in? |
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| Name either (or both) of Alex’s lovers. |
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| Adrian (beauty) and malva. |
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| Alex keeps referring to Oscar Wilde; who is he? |
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| British playwright sent to jail for being gay. |
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| Aside from Wilde, name another author mentioned by Alex? |
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| Which war did Dunbar’s “Colored Soldiers” fight in? |
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| Which war did both Sam Smiley and Lt. James Reese Europe fight in? |
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In “Poem about Police Violence,” what does the speaker suggest “we” might do every time the police kill a
black boy? |
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| Name one of the audiences specifically addressed in Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On?” |
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| Which war’s monument is Komunyakaa looking at in the poem “Facing It”? |
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| Vietnam Veteran Memorial. |
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| Give or take 10,000, how many names are on the monument Komunyakaa is looking at? |
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| In regards to June Jordan’s poem, who is Arthur Miller? |
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| African American buinessman killed via "pressure applied to the throat" in Brooklyn, NY. |
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| In your own words, what does the phrase “the ballot or the bullet” mean? |
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| It encourages blacks to vote and if they don't cast a ballot, it's going to end up in a situation where you're going to have to cast a bullet. |
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| What does Malcolm X mean by the term “black nationalism”? |
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| Blacks who urge separatism from white people and the establishment of self-governing Black communities. |
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| True or False: According to Malcolm X, there is no difference between a “Democrat” and a “Dixiecrat” |
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| True or False: According to Malcolm X, white men are incapable of winning a “Guerilla” war. |
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| True or False: One of Malcolm X’s goals is to convert his audience to Islam. |
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| What historical figure is famous for the phrase “Give me liberty, or give me death.” |
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| What did the boxer Cassius Clay change his name to? |
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| Who is “Lady” in the Boondocks Theme? |
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| Name the two daughters in “Everyday Use.” |
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| From whose perspective is the story told? |
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| At the end of the story, who gets to keep the quilts? |
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| True or False: Phyllis Wheatley’s poem discusses Jesus and forgiveness. |
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| Who is Wheatley’s audience in her poem? |
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| Student who attended Harvard University. |
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| How is the concept of heritage important to the Walker’s text? |
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| The quilt represents their ancestors' lives and tells a story with each individual stitch. |
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| What is the message of Wheatley’s poem? |
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| She encourages the student to learn about the solar system and that they owe everything to God. She also encourages them to get an education and stay in school. |
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| Describe the structure of Hayden’s poem. |
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| What do the italicized words name? |
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| What famous slave ship rebellion is described in the latter part of the poem? |
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| What is Brown’s message in “Strong Men” |
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| What the white slave owners are doing to the black slaves is actually making them stronger. Whites become weaker because they do not do much and all are very hypocritical. There are certain things they cannot take away from the slaves and that is their spirit of becoming stronger men. |
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