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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remembering Lest We Forget (pages 5 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, how does racism affect the body?
(a) Stress causes early aging.
(b) Metal distress creates mental discord.
(c) Violence eventually damages the body.
(d) The soul is made weak.

2. Where does the author begin his memoir?
(a) During a riot.
(b) During an interview.
(c) At an auction.
(d) In a bar.

3. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) How can all people groups coexist?
(b) Who am I?
(c) When will America be one?
(d) How do I live free in this black body?

4. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) The author's mother.
(c) The author.
(d) The author's father.

5. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?
(a) To identify people groups.
(b) To form a hierarchy in society.
(c) To instill a sense of cultural pride.
(d) To define culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?

2. What view does the author have of the afterlife?

3. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

4. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?

5. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?

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