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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?
(a) A police officer.
(b) No one.
(c) A mall security guard.
(d) A man who came to the woman's defense.

2. According to the author, whom or what do the police reflect?
(a) A broken system.
(b) A frightened few.
(c) A small minority.
(d) American values.

3. The author believes that when the body is shattered, what happens?
(a) Everything is shattered.
(b) The soul finds rest.
(c) God takes over.
(d) The spirit lives on.

4. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The White House.
(c) Arlington Cemetery.
(d) Howard University.

5. When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:
(a) Something is wrong.
(b) He is not at fault.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Someone is trying to protect him.

6. How old was the author's son when Coats first took him along on an interview?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) Six.

7. What photographs did the mother of the author's son take while she was away?
(a) Doors.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Street sleepers.
(d) Famous statues.

8. Why did the author feel it was unnecessary to forgive the man who killed Prince Jones?
(a) Forgiveness does not bring back the dead.
(b) The man needed to forgive himself.
(c) He was dead.
(d) He was merely expressing America's beliefs about black men.

9. What happened when the author was stopped by a PG County officer?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was detained, then sent on his way without explanation.
(c) He was taken to jail.
(d) He was beaten and handcuffed.

10. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?
(a) They were fearless.
(b) There were very few of them.
(c) They clung to their parents.
(d) They were hungry.

11. What does the author recall always having, even when times were hard?
(a) Money.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Power.

12. Which protest sign did the author see while in France that reminded him of his blackness?
(a) Jordan Davis.
(b) Trayvon Martin.
(c) Abner Louima.
(d) Prince Jones.

13. How does the author describe the love of white families for their children?
(a) Cold.
(b) Dark.
(c) Obsessive.
(d) Spiritual.

14. According to the author, some black people justify the destruction of black bodies for the sake of:
(a) Preservation of order.
(b) Controlling the population.
(c) Fear.
(d) Keeping the police away.

15. What Civil War battlefield did the author visit with his son and nephew?
(a) Prairie Grove.
(b) Elkin's Ferry.
(c) Pea Ridge.
(d) Petersburg Battlefield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dead boy's mother decide to do after the trial in the chapter "The Dream"?

2. What emotion did the author experience when sitting in the public garden in Paris?

3. What was the outcome of the trial on page 112?

4. According to Solzhenitsyn, "To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is _____ " what?

5. What event did the author witness on September 11, 2001?

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