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

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

3. What does the author describe as the "enemy of art, courageous thinking and honest writing"?
(a) Public education.
(b) The Dream.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

4. How did the man who was evicted from his home react to the presence of the police?
(a) He was afraid.
(b) He began to cry.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He became angry.

5. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?
(a) Death is inevitable.
(b) Death does not wait.
(c) Death can occur without warning.
(d) Death chases after the living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work did the author's father do?

2. To where did the author move to in 2001?

3. How did the author's father react when another boy stole something from the author?

4. Why was the man on page 112 arguing with the boy in the car?

5. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:

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