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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. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?
(a) How to pray.
(b) How to cook and clean his clothes.
(c) How to read and write.
(d) How to stretch a dollar.

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

3. How did the author's parent's respond to his questions about inequality in the world?
(a) They sent him out on the street.
(b) They told him stories of their youth.
(c) They referred him to books.
(d) They read passages from the bible.

4. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) When will America be one?
(b) Who am I?
(c) How do I live free in this black body?
(d) How can all people groups coexist?

5. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?
(a) To define culture.
(b) To form a hierarchy in society.
(c) To identify people groups.
(d) To instill a sense of cultural pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Dream" that Coats refers to?

2. How does the author describe his experience in the Baltimore public schools?

3. How did the author's father react when the author threatened his 9th grade teacher?

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

5. What is "the Yard"?

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