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

2. Whose death reminded the author that his world and his son's were one and the same?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) The author's grandmother.
(c) Michael Brown.
(d) The author's father.

3. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Violence.
(c) Education.
(d) Hard work.

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) White Americans.
(d) The wealthy.

5. To whom is the memoir addressed?
(a) White Americans.
(b) Black Americans.
(c) The author's son.
(d) All Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?

2. What view does the author have of the afterlife?

3. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?

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

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

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