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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Rose By Any Other Name (pages 47-71).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, who controls the streets of Baltimore?
(a) The students.
(b) The police.
(c) The parents.
(d) The crews.

2. What field did the author pursue after he left Howard University?
(a) Bookselling.
(b) Music.
(c) Archaeology.
(d) Journalism.

3. How does the author describe Malcolm X?
(a) Strong, ethical, and powerful.
(b) Fierce, violent, and wild.
(c) Rebellious, irrational, and impulsive.
(d) Controlled, intelligent, and beyond fear.

4. According to the author, there is no difference between his son and which murdered 17-year-old?
(a) Trayvon Martin.
(b) Malcom X.
(c) Prince Jones.
(d) Jordan Davis.

5. What does the author tell his son about responsibility?
(a) He is only responsible for himself.
(b) Responsibility comes with a price.
(c) He is responsible for his family.
(d) He is responsible for his body and the bodies of others.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?

4. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?

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

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