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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up Black (pages 21-47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coats quotes that sixty percent of all young black men who drop out of high school will:
(a) Die before the age of 25.
(b) Go to jail.
(c) End up homeless.
(d) Join the military.

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

3. According to the author, navigating the streets of Baltimore is like a:
(a) Series of trick questions.
(b) Warzone.
(c) Playground.
(d) Battlefield.

4. What did the author's father collect?
(a) Books.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Art.
(d) Guns.

5. What type of work did the author's father do?
(a) Custodian for Baltimore public schools.
(b) Freelance writer and journalist.
(c) Research librarian at Howard University.
(d) Police officer for Baltimore City.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What realization did the author make about death in the sixth grade?

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

5. According to the author, when Lincoln spoke of the "government of the people," to whom was he addressing?

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