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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?
(a) How to stretch a dollar.
(b) How to cook and clean his clothes.
(c) How to read and write.
(d) How to pray.

2. How did the author spend most of his time at The Mecca?
(a) Absorbing culture and music.
(b) Reading and taking notes on black literature and essays.
(c) Listening to and writing poetry.
(d) Arguing politics on the Lawn.

3. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?
(a) Death is inevitable.
(b) Death chases after the living.
(c) Death does not wait.
(d) Death can occur without warning.

4. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:
(a) Ran.
(b) Gave up.
(c) Hesitated.
(d) Lied.

5. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His soul.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?

2. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?

3. Which writer inspired the author as a young man?

4. What does the author describe as the "enemy of art, courageous thinking and honest writing"?

5. According to the author, it is important that whether one wins or loses the fight, who should be by your side?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did religion play in the author's childhood?

2. According to the author, how have American police departments been given the right to destroy black bodies without the fear of recrimination?

3. According to the author, what is the purpose of the public school system?

4. How did fear shape the author's childhood?

5. Why did the author's mother encourage him to write?

6. Why didn't the author console his son when Samori grieved over the release of Michael Brown's killer?

7. What assumptions does the author make about PG County (Prince George's County) police officers and why?

8. Why did the author's son experience such extreme grief when Michael Brown's killer was set free?

9. For what reasons did the author's father punish him and why?

10. How does research and study affect the author as a young man?

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