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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the dead boy's mother say to the author's son in the chapter "The Dream"?
(a) "Do not speak back or speak up."
(b) "Never give up. Never surrender."
(c) "You exist. You matter. You have value."
(d) "Be twice as good."

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

3. According to senator John C. Calhoun, "The two great divisions of society are not the rich and the poor, but _____" what?
(a) Educated and uneducated.
(b) Male and female.
(c) Wise and foolish.
(d) White and black.

4. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?
(a) Invited her for coffee and talked to her as a person.
(b) Stopped and called the police.
(c) Made her realize her actions were inherently racist.
(d) Stopped and picked up his son first.

5. What regret does the author have about the incident with his son and the escalator?
(a) That the woman was not punished for shoving a child.
(b) That his son learned about violence.
(c) That his son might have seen him arrested.
(d) That a pleasant evening was ruined.

6. Whom does the author describe as the "below of the country"?
(a) Himself and all black people.
(b) All politicians and people of power.
(c) The poor and uneducated masses.
(d) The police.

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

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

9. According to the author, what has his son never feared?
(a) People.
(b) Safety.
(c) Health.
(d) His body.

10. Why was the author's son pushed off the escalator?
(a) He was afraid to step off the platform.
(b) He had fallen asleep.
(c) He was moving slowly.
(d) He was trying to walk up the escalator.

11. 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?

12. Who took care of the author's son while his mother was away?
(a) The author's mother.
(b) His step-mother.
(c) The author.
(d) The author's grandmother.

13. How did the death of Prince Jones affect the author emotionally?
(a) He became numb.
(b) He became depressed.
(c) He became enraged.
(d) He became anxious.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse did the man on page 112 give for shooting the boy in the car?

2. To where did the author move to in 2001?

3. What did the author have to learn from his son's mother?

4. What happened when the author was stopped by a PG County officer?

5. When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:

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