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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Tears of a Teenage Mother" begins, "He's bragging about his new" what?
(a) Jordans.
(b) Car.
(c) Job.
(d) Pants.

2. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?
(a) Suicide on My Mind.
(b) Revolutionary Suicide.
(c) Suicide Storm.
(d) Suicidal Tendencies.

3. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Moms."
(b) "Dads."
(c) "Aunts."
(d) "Uncles."

4. What are exposed "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) Powers.
(b) Truths.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Myths.

5. What "was a learning phase / Forgotten without a verdict" in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) War.
(b) The great Chicago fire.
(c) The civil rights movement.
(d) Slavery.

6. "The Promise" begins with the line, "I will give u liberty, but first give me ure" what?
(a) Money.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Soul.
(d) Heart.

7. What is the first line of "The Sun and the Moon"?
(a) "The eyes of mortal men who threaten u with doom."
(b) "Warm 2 many but 2 strong 4 some."
(c) "Watched 4 2 long and your brilliance will blind."
(d) "Your ways R similar 2 the rays of the sun."

8. Shakur concludes the poem "The Promise" stating, "Trickery does not succeed / with those with" what?
(a) "Honest Hearts."
(b) "A Pure Heart."
(c) "Fool-proof Glasses."
(d) "A Well Informed Mind."

9. The poet claims in "Government Assistance or My Soul" that he would "go hungry and homeless" before what?
(a) "The American Government gets my soul."
(b) "Filling out all the paperwork."
(c) "Taking handouts."
(d) "Eating bad food."

10. "Nightmares" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Those Curious."
(b) "The Defenseless."
(c) "Mother."
(d) "Criminals."

11. In "Just a Breath of Freedom," the poet writes, "They caged U like an animal / and watched U" what?
(a) "Suffer."
(b) "Pace around the cage."
(c) "Bite at your keeper."
(d) "Slowly die inside."

12. The poet concludes "Or My Soul" saying that he is giving what?
(a) "Nothing Up."
(b) "Everything to Charity."
(c) "My Notice."
(d) "The Ultimatum."

13. Where was George Jackson shot to death?
(a) Pelican Bay State Prison.
(b) Folsom Prison.
(c) San Quentin Prison.
(d) High Desert State Prison.

14. What group did Huey Newton found?
(a) The Black Panther Party for Peace.
(b) The Black Panther Party for Equal Right.
(c) The Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
(d) The Black Panther Party for Justice.

15. When is the poem "So I Say GOODBYE" dated?
(a) November 20.
(b) May 22.
(c) August 1.
(d) June 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is magnified "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?

2. What "always prevail" in the poem "Nightmares"?

3. In "Family Tree," the poet writes, "Because we all spring / from different trees / we are not created" what?

4. In "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" the poet writes, "Before u came the triangle never" what?

5. Geronimo ji-Jaga was targeted by what FBI program?

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