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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 did Queen Nzinga address the social insult of the Dutch ambassador?
(a) She ordered one of her advisers to become a human chair.
(b) She stabbed the ambassador.
(c) She sat on the ambassador's knee.
(d) She stood on the table.

2. How are racism and race linked?
(a) They are both unfair.
(b) Categorizing people groups inevitably causes a power struggle.
(c) They are not linked.
(d) People don't like what they don't understand.

3. Where did the author meet the mother of his son?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) The Mecca.
(d) New York.

4. How did the author's father discipline him?
(a) By taking his phone.
(b) With a belt.
(c) By slapping his face.
(d) In time-out.

5. According to the author, the purpose of the public school system is to:
(a) Point to the road of success.
(b) Inspire minds.
(c) Create conformity.
(d) Provide a safe haven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author remember about Manhattan?

2. How did the author's father react when the author threatened his 9th grade teacher?

3. How does the author describe his experience in the Baltimore public schools?

4. What is "the Yard"?

5. According to the author, slavery transfigured black bodies into:

(see the answer key)

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