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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. What does the author mean when he says black children are told to be "twice as good"?
(a) They are expected to behave better than white children when in public.
(b) It is a subtle threat for a beating.
(c) They are being warned to be streetwise and tough.
(d) It is a code for watching out for police officers.

2. Whose death reminded the author that his world and his son's were one and the same?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) The author's father.
(d) Michael Brown.

3. According to the author, how much was the slave population worth at the start of the Civil War?
(a) Sixteen billion dollars.
(b) Four billion dollars.
(c) Four million dollars.
(d) Two hundred thousand dollars.

4. How does the author describe the love of white families for their children?
(a) Cold.
(b) Obsessive.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Dark.

5. Why does the author apologize to his son?
(a) For being unable to save him from the reality of racism and violence in the world.
(b) For not providing him with a better education.
(c) For speaking so negatively about the world.
(d) For rambling on about the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author feel it was unnecessary to forgive the man who killed Prince Jones?

2. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?

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

4. According to the author, there is no difference between his son and which murdered 17-year-old?

5. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?

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