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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Family Tree," the poet writes, "Because we all spring / from different trees / we are not created" what?
(a) Similarly.
(b) At the same time.
(c) Alike.
(d) Equally.

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

3. In "The Promise," Shakur writes, "I too would be afraid of passion governed by" what?
(a) Reason.
(b) Money.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Jealousy.

4. Who was Tupac Shakur's stepfather?
(a) Barunu Shakur.
(b) Mutulu Shakur.
(c) Surala Shakur.
(d) Garala Shakur.

5. Where is Howard Beach?
(a) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(b) Queens, New York.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Hoboken, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shakur concludes the poem "The Promise" stating, "Trickery does not succeed / with those with" what?

2. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"

3. What does Shakur refer to Ronald Reagan as in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?

4. With what organization was Geronimo ji-Jaga involved?

5. "The Promise" begins with the line, "I will give u liberty, but first give me ure" what?

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