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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. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?
(a) Five.
(b) 18.
(c) Ten.
(d) 12.

2. What view does the author have of the afterlife?
(a) It is his only comfort.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It is an unknown.
(d) It is a vital part of the fabric of the human psyche.

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 million dollars.
(c) Four billion dollars.
(d) Two hundred thousand dollars.

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

5. Where did the author meet the mother of his son?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) The Mecca.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?

2. What does the author remember about Manhattan?

3. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?

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

5. According to the author, navigating the streets of Baltimore is like a:

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