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Progress: 1 of 13 questions
I give you three characters' names, and you identify the author and title of the novel, memoir, or play!
Sethe, Denver, Paul D
Morrison, Beloved
Angelou, The Heart of a Woman
Williams, Dessa Rose
Walker, Baby Love
Cliff, Abeng
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Janie, Tea Cake, Pheoby
Larsen, Passing
Fauset, Plum Bun
Hurston, Their Eyes were Watching God
Bambara, The Salt Eaters
Hunter, God Bless the Child
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Progress: 3 of 13 questions
Bigger Thomas, Mary Dalton, Jan Erlone
Hemphill, Brother to Brother
Wright, Native Son
Jordan, His Own Where
Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi
Locke, The New Negro
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Progress: 4 of 13 questions
Walker Lee, Beneatha, and Ruth Younger
Brooks, Annie Allen
Smith, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Murray, Proud Shoes
Fuller, A Soldier’s Play
Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
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Progress: 5 of 13 questions
Celie, Shug, Mr. ________
Walker, The Color Purple
Ellison, Invisible Man
Dandicat, Krik? Krak!
Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
McMillan, Waiting to Exhale
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Progress: 6 of 13 questions
Frado, Mag, Mrs. Bellmont
Brown, Clotel
Wilson, Our Nig
Sapphire, Push
Davis, Women, Race, and Class
Kincaid, Lucy
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Progress: 7 of 13 questions
Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Lizzie
Keckley, Behind the Scenes...
Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Walker, Jubilee
Alexander, Antebellum Dream Book
West, Race Matters
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Progress: 8 of 13 questions
Hester, Jabber, The Welfare Lady
Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Dixon, Vanishing Rooms
Nottage, Ruined
Parks, In the Blood
Collins, Black Sexual Politics
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Progress: 9 of 13 questions
Aunt Hester, Covey, Freeland
Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Hopkins, Contending Forces
Washington, Up from Slavery
Northup, Twelve Years a Slave
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Progress: 10 of 13 questions
Lady in Red, Lady in Yellow, Lady in Purple
Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks
Marshall, Brown Girl, Brownstones
Guy, Ruby
Childress, Rainbow Jordan
Shange, For Colored Girls. . .
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Progress: 11 of 13 questions
Dana, Rufus, Kevin
Butler, Kindred
Mosley, Blue Light
Delany, Dhalgren
Kenen, A Visitation of Spirits
Gomez, The Gilda Stories
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Progress: 12 of 13 questions
Clay, Lula, Conductor
Dove, On the Bus with Rosa Parks
Wilson, Two Trains Running
Baraka, Dutchman
Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go
Toomer, Cane
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Progress: 13 of 13 questions
Ursa, Mutt, Tadpole
Kennedy, The Owl Answers
Gates, The Signifying Monkey
Jones, Corregidora
Bambara, Gorilla, My Love
Harper, Iola Leroy
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