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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down At The Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind" – Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1919.

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "That you are destined for greatness."
(b) "That you are attainable."
(c) "What white people say about you."
(d) "That your life is fluid."

3. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) After the author.
(b) After his grandfather.
(c) After his godfather.
(d) After his father.

4. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a large area of unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia?
(a) Steppe.
(b) Corral.
(c) Gully.
(d) Ravine.

5. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
(b) "Elegant stock."
(c) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(d) "Intelligent, handy stock."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

2. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?

3. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

4. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?

5. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

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