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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 Malcolm X?
(a) Rebellious, irrational, and impulsive.
(b) Controlled, intelligent, and beyond fear.
(c) Strong, ethical, and powerful.
(d) Fierce, violent, and wild.

2. The author views the school systems and the streets as:
(a) Arms of the same beast.
(b) Two warring nations.
(c) The different universes.
(d) Opposite ends of a pole.

3. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?
(a) He had to learn to fight and survive in a more violent environment.
(b) He had more friends than his son does now.
(c) His son is living in "The Dream."
(d) His son's friends are much wilder than his were.

4. Whom does the author describe as the "below of the country"?
(a) The police.
(b) All politicians and people of power.
(c) The poor and uneducated masses.
(d) Himself and all black people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author describe as his "wedding ring"?

2. Which protest sign did the author see while in France that reminded him of his blackness?

3. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?

4. Whose death reminded the author that his world and his son's were one and the same?

5. What field did the author pursue after he left Howard University?

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