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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. How does the author describe his experience in the Baltimore public schools?
(a) Pointless.
(b) Safe.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Hopeful.

2. Who was Abraham Brian?
(a) A slave who led the underground railroad.
(b) A black soldier for the Confederacy.
(c) A white congressman who lobbied for the rights of free black men.
(d) A free black man who left his home to escape the threat of slavery.

3. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His soul.

4. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?
(a) The hounds are always at your heels.
(b) A knife is always at your back.
(c) Ffire is at your feet.
(d) You will always be running headfirst into it.

5. Whom was the author interviewing in Chicago?
(a) Black businessmen.
(b) Black gang leaders.
(c) Black politicians.
(d) Elderly black men and women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique point does the author make about black Americans in France?

2. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

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

4. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?

5. How did the author's parent's respond to his questions about inequality in the world?

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