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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Armored Against Fear (pages 135-152).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author meet the mother of his son?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) The Mecca.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

2. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?
(a) He fired his first weapon.
(b) His father was shot.
(c) His mother iwa mugged.
(d) A teenage boy pulled a gun.

3. What event did the author witness on September 11, 2001?
(a) The attack on the Twin Towers.
(b) The Great Chicago Fire.
(c) Hurricane Katrina.
(d) The bombing of the World Trade Center.

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

5. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His son.
(b) His soul.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years were black people enslaved in America?

3. According to the author, America, like all empires of humans, is built upon:

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

5. For whom was the author's son named?

(see the answer key)

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