Between the World and Me Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Ta-Nehisi Coates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Between the World and Me Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Ta-Nehisi Coates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where is Howard University located?
(a) Baltimore, MD.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Hampton, VA.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. According to the author, how much was the slave population worth at the start of the Civil War?
(a) Four million dollars.
(b) Four billion dollars.
(c) Sixteen billion dollars.
(d) Two hundred thousand dollars.

3. What important skills did the author's mother teach him?
(a) How to stretch a dollar.
(b) How to cook and clean his clothes.
(c) How to read and write.
(d) How to pray.

4. Whose image does the author see while at a museum?
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) His father.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) Martin Luther King.

5. How does the author describe Prince Jones?
(a) A good Christian and scion of a striving class.
(b) A dreamer and a poet.
(c) A baller and a heartless thug.
(d) A gentle soul washed away by society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was the author when his son was born?

3. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?

4. What regret does the author have about the incident with his son and the escalator?

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

(see the answer key)

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