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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dream (pages 108-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the first white people the author knew on a personal level?
(a) Reporters.
(b) His editors.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Religious zealots.

2. What poet inspired the author while at Howard University?
(a) Robert Hayden.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

3. What does the author imagine white parents might tell their children?
(a) Be twice as fearful.
(b) Take twice as much.
(c) Be twice as successful.
(d) Be twice as nice.

4. What does the author tell his son about responsibility?
(a) He is responsible for his family.
(b) He is only responsible for himself.
(c) He is responsible for his body and the bodies of others.
(d) Responsibility comes with a price.

5. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?
(a) The interviewer discussed hope for racial peace and equality.
(b) He was insulted by a caller to the radio station.
(c) The interview was cut short.
(d) No one would comment on his new book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?

2. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?

3. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?

4. How did the author's father discipline him?

5. Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?

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