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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. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?
(a) His son locked the bedroom door.
(b) He feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.
(c) He was busy calling the news station.
(d) He was too sad to move off the couch,

2. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?
(a) Violence is illegal.
(b) Kids should not see violent television.
(c) He had been raised in a violent society.
(d) He felt the police should have helped more.

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

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

5. According to the author, whom or what do the police reflect?
(a) American values.
(b) A frightened few.
(c) A broken system.
(d) A small minority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?

2. Why does the author fear the PG County police?

3. According to the author, when Lincoln spoke of the "government of the people," to whom was he addressing?

4. For whom was the author's son named?

5. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?

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