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

2. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) Trayvon Martin.
(c) Eric Garner.
(d) Malcolm X.

3. Whose death reminded the author that his world and his son's were one and the same?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) Michael Brown.
(c) The author's father.
(d) Michael Jackson.

4. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?
(a) Angry.
(b) Safe.
(c) Proud.
(d) Uncomfortable.

5. Whom does the author blame for the death of Prince Jones?
(a) God.
(b) America and its fears.
(c) The educational system.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?

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

3. Why was the author ashamed of his thoughts as he took his four-year-old son to preschool?

4. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:

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

(see the answer key)

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