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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. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

2. What sorts of toys was the author not allowed to have as a child?
(a) Anything that was non-educational.
(b) Anything made by Disney.
(c) Those with white faces.
(d) Those that used batteries.

3. What did the author's mother urge him to do when he was in trouble at school?
(a) Draw.
(b) Write.
(c) Fight.
(d) Run.

4. For whom was the author's son named?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Malcom X.
(c) Robert Hayden.
(d) Samori Touré.

5. 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 feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.
(c) He was busy calling the news station.
(d) His son locked the bedroom door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization does the author have about his university education?

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

3. According to the author, what is the purpose of defining races of people?

4. What is PG County?

5. Where does the author begin his memoir?

(see the answer key)

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