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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 million dollars.
(c) Four billion dollars.
(d) Sixteen billion dollars.

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

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

4. 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) He needed to travel and experience other people.
(d) There are too many doors in France.

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

6. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?
(a) Proud.
(b) Angry.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Safe.

7. According to the author, "In America, it is traditional to destroy the _____" what?
(a) Past.
(b) Soul.
(c) Black body.
(d) Victim.

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

9. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) A park and a museum.
(c) A school.
(d) A department store and a government building.

10. Why did the author want to return to Paris with his son?
(a) He wanted to send his son to a French school.
(b) He wanted to become a French citizen.
(c) He wanted his son to learn French.
(d) He wanted his son to experience life without fear.

11. What eventually happened to the officer who shot Prince Jones?
(a) He returned to work.
(b) He left the police force.
(c) He was lynched by a mob.
(d) He was sent to jail.

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

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

14. What does the author remember about Manhattan?
(a) That is is a beautiful city.
(b) That it once housed slave auctions.
(c) It is where his son was born.
(d) It was where he learned to believe in humanity again.

15. What did the author have to learn from his son's mother?
(a) How to order in a restaurant.
(b) How to interpret train schedules.
(c) How to tell his son he loved him.
(d) How to speak French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?

2. What unique point does the author make about black Americans in France?

3. What does the author recall always having, even when times were hard?

4. The author believes that when the body is shattered, what happens?

5. What Civil War battlefield did the author visit with his son and nephew?

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