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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 acclaimed history book did Chancellor William write?
(a) Notes of a Native Son.
(b) Destruction of Black Civilization.
(c) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(d) By Any Means Necessary.

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

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

4. Which writer inspired the author as a young man?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Alex Haley.
(d) Malcolm X.

5. How are racism and race linked?
(a) Categorizing people groups inevitably causes a power struggle.
(b) They are both unfair.
(c) They are not linked.
(d) People don't like what they don't understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?

2. How does the author describe Malcolm X?

3. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?

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

5. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?

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