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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. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?
(a) He was too sad to move off the couch,
(b) He was busy calling the news station.
(c) He feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.
(d) His son locked the bedroom door.

2. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?
(a) They were devout Muslims.
(b) They were devout Baptists.
(c) He should find his own spiritual path.
(d) They rejected all religions.

3. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:
(a) They are uncultured and wild.
(b) It is their way of being friendly.
(c) They are uneducated and don't know any better.
(d) It gives them a sense of security and power.

4. What is "The Dream" that Coats refers to?
(a) Hope for the future.
(b) The ability of every person to achieve their personal goals.
(c) The misconception that all Americans, regardless of race, can achieve success.
(d) Principles set out by the Declaration of Independence.

5. How did Queen Nzinga address the social insult of the Dutch ambassador?
(a) She ordered one of her advisers to become a human chair.
(b) She stabbed the ambassador.
(c) She sat on the ambassador's knee.
(d) She stood on the table.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the author's father react when another boy stole something from the author?

5. What sorts of toys was the author not allowed to have as a child?

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