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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. When Cassius and Rudy ran Chickasaw park, how many time would they run the park?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. When did Cassius fight Ronnie O'Keefe?
(a) September 17, 1954.
(b) October 9, 1954.
(c) August 2, 1954.
(d) November 12, 1954.

3. Where was the boxer Willie Pastrano from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New Orleans.

4. In "Conversation with Corky Butler," what did Corky want from Cassius, Lucky, and Riney for being on what he said was his block?
(a) Fight.
(b) Milk.
(c) Candy.
(d) Toll.

5. Who was Teenie Clark with at the Louisville Defender Expo?
(a) Her parents and her little brother.
(b) An aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Some girlfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Day I Was Born Again," what day of the week was it?

2. How much did Cassius's mother get paid to cook and clean for rich folks?

3. Who asked Rudy to be her boyfriend in "Conversation with Rudy"?

4. What cemetery would Cassius and Rudy cut through when they ran in "Chickasaw Park"?

5. When did Cassius fight Jimmy Ellis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lucky think that Cassius could never be a president of the United States?

2. In "Round Seven," how did Cassius have built-in radar and what did people think of it?

3. What conversation did Cassius and Rudy have about the future in "Conversation with Rudy"?

4. How did Cassius's fight go with Corky Butler?

5. What did Corky Butler look like at the Louisville Defender Expo?

6. In "You're Crazy," why was Cassius having second thoughts about fighting Corky?

7. Who was Joe Martin?

8. What did Cassius find when he went downstairs at the Louisville Defender Expo to find a cop?

9. How did Teenie challenge Cassius at the Louisville Defender Expo?

10. Who was Emmett Till?

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