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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remembering Lest We Forget (pages 5 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been the prevalent emotion in the author's life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Joy.

2. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) How can all people groups coexist?
(b) When will America be one?
(c) Who am I?
(d) How do I live free in this black body?

3. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?
(a) There are children in other neighborhoods who do not live in fear.
(b) The world is a terrifying place.
(c) There is hope for his escape.
(d) All children live in fear.

4. According to the author, when Lincoln spoke of the "government of the people," to whom was he addressing?
(a) All Americans.
(b) American men.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) White Americans.

5. What advantages has the author's son had growing up?
(a) Less racism, the Internet and a world culture.
(b) A black president, social networks, omnipresent media and black culture.
(c) Wealth and private schools.
(d) A safer neighborhood, better schools and more freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how does racism affect the body?

2. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?

3. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?

4. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?

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

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