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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Re-Enforcement (pages 75-88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?
(a) 21.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) 15.

2. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His soul.
(d) His son.

3. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) When will America be one?
(b) Who am I?
(c) How do I live free in this black body?
(d) How can all people groups coexist?

4. Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus, according to Coats?
(a) Medici.
(b) Nzinga.
(c) Wiley.
(d) Tolstoy.

5. What did the author find unique about Howard University?
(a) All the students were wealthy, regardless of race.
(b) Everyone was treated as an equal, regardless of race.
(c) All the students were black, but distinctly unique in culture.
(d) The professors spent time outside with the students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?

2. According to the author, what do many of his black contemporaries have in common?

3. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:

4. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?

5. How are racism and race linked?

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