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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. What advantages has the author's son had growing up?
(a) Wealth and private schools.
(b) A black president, social networks, omnipresent media and black culture.
(c) Less racism, the Internet and a world culture.
(d) A safer neighborhood, better schools and more freedom.

2. What regret does the author have about the incident with his son and the escalator?
(a) That the woman was not punished for shoving a child.
(b) That a pleasant evening was ruined.
(c) That his son might have seen him arrested.
(d) That his son learned about violence.

3. What type of work did the author's father do?
(a) Police officer for Baltimore City.
(b) Research librarian at Howard University.
(c) Custodian for Baltimore public schools.
(d) Freelance writer and journalist.

4. What threats were made against the author when his son was pushed off the escalator?
(a) He was threatened with a gun.
(b) He was threatened with arrest.
(c) None.
(d) He was threatened with a beating.

5. Whom does the author describe as the "below of the country"?
(a) Himself and all black people.
(b) All politicians and people of power.
(c) The poor and uneducated masses.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby did the author pursue while at Howard University?

2. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?

3. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?

4. What poet inspired the author while at Howard University?

5. How did the Internet affect the author's writing?

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