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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up Black (pages 21-47).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?
(a) A teenage boy pulled a gun.
(b) His father was shot.
(c) His mother iwa mugged.
(d) He fired his first weapon.

3. What type of work did the author's father do?
(a) Police officer for Baltimore City.
(b) Custodian for Baltimore public schools.
(c) Research librarian at Howard University.
(d) Freelance writer and journalist.

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

5. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?
(a) Death does not wait.
(b) Death can occur without warning.
(c) Death chases after the living.
(d) Death is inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?

2. What is the "one-drop" rule?

3. Where is Howard University located?

4. How did Queen Nzinga address the social insult of the Dutch ambassador?

5. How does the author describe Malcolm X?

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