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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Harriet Tubman lead the Combahee River slave raid?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1863.

2. How many students attended the high school that the author attended?
(a) 500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,000.

3. Where did the author's mother attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Nyack College.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Baruch College.

4. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Systemic racism.
(c) Institutional racism.
(d) Discrimination.

5. What was the nickname of the boy that held a gun on the author on the school bus, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Monster.
(b) Smurf.
(c) Rat.
(d) Robot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?

2. When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?

3. From where did the author's maternal grandparents move to New York?

4. In 1930, how much money did segregationist Alabama spend for each White student in public schools?

5. When was the Black Women's Alliance formed?

(see the answer key)

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