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03/17/2015

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True/False: Dr. Flint is the father of Linda’s children.
Definition
False, Mr. Sands.
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T/F: Mrs. Bruce refused to help Linda buy her freedom.
Definition
False, she did buy her freedom.
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T/F: Linda lived for seven years in her grandmother’s attic crawlspace.
Definition
True.
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T/F: Linda was an only child.
Definition
False, she had a brother.
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T/F: Mr. Sands raped Linda.
Definition
False.
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What was the name of the real-life Dr. Flint?
Definition
James Norcon.
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What was the name of the real-life Mr. Sands?
Definition
Sawyer.
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Venture's own father sold him into slavery. T/F?
Definition
False, the father tried to save him.
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True or False: Venture was forced to marry Meg against his will.
Definition
False.
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True or False: After himself, Meg was the first slave whose freedom Venture bought.
Definition
False.
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True or False: Venture's son died of scurvy while out at sea.
Definition
True.
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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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He died in prison.
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Why does Dick Owens take Grandison on a trip to the North?
Definition
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?
Definition
Tom
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Why did Dick write a letter to the Boston abolitionists?
Definition
He wanted them to kidnap Grandison.
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What does Grandison do when Dick strands him in Canada?
Definition
He finds his way back and escapes with his family.
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Where does Charity’s aunt live?
Definition
TN
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What is Douglas’s message in his speech?
Definition
Slaves don't get to celebrate Independence Day.
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What is Hughes saying about Africans and African Americans in his poem?
Definition
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?
Definition
Seth and his wife.
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Why is Loomis at the boarding house?
Definition
Looking for his wife.
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How many years did Loomis work for Joe Turner?
Definition
7 years.
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What was Loomis’ profession before he was captured by Joe Turner?
Definition
Preacher.
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What kind of work does Seth do?
Definition
Craftsman.
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Why is Mattie at the boarding house?
Definition
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.
Definition
False.
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What was Jeremy arrested for?
Definition
Being drunk.
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Aside from being a salesman, why do people seek out Selig (what is his special skill)?
Definition
People Finder.
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Why is Molly at the boarding house?
Definition
She missed her train.
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According to Bynum, how did he get the name “Bynum”?
Definition
He binds people together.
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On what day was Loomis released from Joe Turner’s work farm?
Definition
Joe Turners birthday.
Term
What similarities and differences do you see between these works?
Definition
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How is the “Negro” love song different from any other love song?
Definition
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What differences do you see over time between the earliest of these works and the latest?
Definition
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At the beginning of the story, which of Alex’s parents has died?
Definition
Father.
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What item in the story is made of ivory and jade (red and green)?
Definition
Cig holder.
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What does Alex do for a living, though he doesn’t actually make any money doing it?
Definition
Artist or Poet.
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What city does Alex live in?
Definition
New York.
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Name either (or both) of Alex’s lovers.
Definition
Adrian (beauty) and malva.
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Alex keeps referring to Oscar Wilde; who is he?
Definition
British playwright sent to jail for being gay.
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Aside from Wilde, name another author mentioned by Alex?
Definition
Langston Hughes.
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Which war did Dunbar’s “Colored Soldiers” fight in?
Definition
Civil War.
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Which war did both Sam Smiley and Lt. James Reese Europe fight in?
Definition
World War 1.
Term
In “Poem about Police Violence,” what does the speaker suggest “we” might do every time the police kill a

black boy?
Definition
Kill a cop.
Term
Name one of the audiences specifically addressed in Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On?”
Definition
Mother, Father, Brother.
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Which war’s monument is Komunyakaa looking at in the poem “Facing It”?
Definition
Vietnam Veteran Memorial.
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Give or take 10,000, how many names are on the monument Komunyakaa is looking at?
Definition
58,022.
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In regards to June Jordan’s poem, who is Arthur Miller?
Definition
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?
Definition
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”?
Definition
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”
Definition
True.
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True or False: According to Malcolm X, white men are incapable of winning a “Guerilla” war.
Definition
True.
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True or False: One of Malcolm X’s goals is to convert his audience to Islam.
Definition
False.
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What historical figure is famous for the phrase “Give me liberty, or give me death.”
Definition
Patrick Henry.
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What did the boxer Cassius Clay change his name to?
Definition
Muhammad Ali.
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Who is “Lady” in the Boondocks Theme?
Definition
Billy Holliday.
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Name the two daughters in “Everyday Use.”
Definition
Dee and Maggie
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From whose perspective is the story told?
Definition
Mama
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At the end of the story, who gets to keep the quilts?
Definition
Maggie
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True or False: Phyllis Wheatley’s poem discusses Jesus and forgiveness.
Definition
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Who is Wheatley’s audience in her poem?
Definition
Student who attended Harvard University.
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How is the concept of heritage important to the Walker’s text?
Definition
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?
Definition
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.
Definition
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What do the italicized words name?
Definition
The Ship's Log books?
Term
What famous slave ship rebellion is described in the latter part of the poem?
Definition
La Amistad
Term
What is Brown’s message in “Strong Men”
Definition
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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