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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. How did the author spend most of his time at The Mecca?
(a) Absorbing culture and music.
(b) Reading and taking notes on black literature and essays.
(c) Listening to and writing poetry.
(d) Arguing politics on the Lawn.

2. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?
(a) All children live in fear.
(b) There are children in other neighborhoods who do not live in fear.
(c) The world is a terrifying place.
(d) There is hope for his escape.

3. Coats quotes that sixty percent of all young black men who drop out of high school will:
(a) Join the military.
(b) Die before the age of 25.
(c) Go to jail.
(d) End up homeless.

4. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?
(a) They were devout Baptists.
(b) He should find his own spiritual path.
(c) They rejected all religions.
(d) They were devout Muslims.

5. What sorts of toys was the author not allowed to have as a child?
(a) Those with white faces.
(b) Those that used batteries.
(c) Anything that was non-educational.
(d) Anything made by Disney.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who controls the streets of Baltimore?

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

3. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?

4. What bothers the author about artists like Michael Jackson?

5. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:

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