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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. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?
(a) Six.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) Two.

2. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

3. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?
(a) The interview was cut short.
(b) The interviewer discussed hope for racial peace and equality.
(c) No one would comment on his new book.
(d) He was insulted by a caller to the radio station.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

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

3. Where does the author begin his memoir?

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

5. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?

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