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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. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) The author's father.
(c) The author's mother.
(d) The author.

2. How did the author's father react when another boy stole something from the author?
(a) His father confronted the thief's grandfather.
(b) His father confronted the thief.
(c) His father called the police.
(d) His father beat him.

3. Where does the author begin his memoir?
(a) In a bar.
(b) At an auction.
(c) During a riot.
(d) During an interview.

4. 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 stood on the table.
(d) She sat on the ambassador's knee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?

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

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

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

5. The author views the school systems and the streets as:

(see the answer key)

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