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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are racism and race linked?
(a) They are both unfair.
(b) They are not linked.
(c) Categorizing people groups inevitably causes a power struggle.
(d) People don't like what they don't understand.

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

3. What has been the prevalent emotion in the author's life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Joy.

4. What view does the author have of the afterlife?
(a) It is his only comfort.
(b) It is an unknown.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) It is a vital part of the fabric of the human psyche.

5. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?
(a) He was too sad to move off the couch,
(b) He feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.
(c) His son locked the bedroom door.
(d) He was busy calling the news station.

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

7. What acclaimed history book did Chancellor William write?
(a) Notes of a Native Son.
(b) By Any Means Necessary.
(c) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(d) Destruction of Black Civilization.

8. Where is Howard University located?
(a) Atlanta, GA.
(b) Hampton, VA.
(c) Baltimore, MD.
(d) Washington, D.C.

9. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) How do I live free in this black body?
(b) When will America be one?
(c) How can all people groups coexist?
(d) Who am I?

10. Whom did the girl with the long dreads love?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) The Author.
(c) Prince Jones.
(d) Malcom X.

11. Who said, "Either I can beat him, or the police"?
(a) The author's mother.
(b) The author's grandmother.
(c) The author.
(d) The author's father.

12. According to the author, who controls the streets of Baltimore?
(a) The parents.
(b) The crews.
(c) The students.
(d) The police.

13. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Hope.

14. What did the girl with the long dreads teach the author?
(a) French.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Compassion.

15. How did the author's father discipline him?
(a) With a belt.
(b) By slapping his face.
(c) By taking his phone.
(d) In time-out.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the memoir addressed?

2. According to the author, there is no difference between his son and which murdered 17-year-old?

3. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

4. Which writer inspired the author as a young man?

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

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