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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 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?
(a) His mother iwa mugged.
(b) His father was shot.
(c) He fired his first weapon.
(d) A teenage boy pulled a gun.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantages has the author's son had growing up?

2. What has been the prevalent emotion in the author's life?

3. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?

4. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?

5. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?

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