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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Self-Awareness (pages 88-108).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Linda Heywood?
(a) A protester from the Lawn.
(b) A Howard professor specialized in Central Africa.
(c) A musician the author met at The Mecca.
(d) An American poet.

2. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?
(a) There were men of legal drinking age who would purchase it for them for a fee.
(b) They would make corn liquor at home in the bathtub.
(c) They would steal it from their parents.
(d) They would steal it from the liquor store.

3. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?
(a) Stopped and called the police.
(b) Invited her for coffee and talked to her as a person.
(c) Made her realize her actions were inherently racist.
(d) Stopped and picked up his son first.

4. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

5. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) A park and a museum.
(c) A school.
(d) A department store and a government building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?

2. How does the author describe Prince Jones?

3. Whose image does the author see while at a museum?

4. What type of work did the author's father do?

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

(see the answer key)

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