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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dream (pages 108-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the author ashamed of his thoughts as he took his four-year-old son to preschool?
(a) He was afraid for his son's safety among all the strange children.
(b) He was jealous of the advantages he was providing for his son.
(c) He was angry that the teachers were white.
(d) He did not want his son in a multicultural classroom.

2. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?
(a) People are naturally inclined to exclude.
(b) Humanity is naturally divided into different little worlds.
(c) There are too many doors in France.
(d) He needed to travel and experience other people.

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

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

5. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?
(a) Should assaulting an officer be a capital offense?
(b) Should offenders of assault be punished or rehabilitated?
(c) Should assault be grounds for a broken body?
(d) When violence begets violence, when does the circle end?

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom was the author interviewing in Chicago?

2. How did the author's father react when the author threatened his 9th grade teacher?

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

4. Where does the author begin his memoir?

5. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?

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