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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) Trayvon Martin.
(c) The author's wife.
(d) The girl with the long dreadlocks.

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

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

4. Why does the author apologize to his son?
(a) For not providing him with a better education.
(b) For speaking so negatively about the world.
(c) For rambling on about the past.
(d) For being unable to save him from the reality of racism and violence in the world.

5. How did the author react to his son being pushed off the escalator?
(a) He spoke sharply to the woman who pushed his son.
(b) He picked up his son and left silently.
(c) He shoved the woman who pushed his son.
(d) He hit the woman who pushed his son.

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

7. What hope does the author have for his son?
(a) That he "learn to live in peace with others."
(b) That he "descend into his own Dream."
(c) That he become a conscious citizen of this "terrible and beautiful world."
(d) That he learns to be "thrice as good."

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

9. Whom was the author interviewing in Chicago?
(a) Black politicians.
(b) Elderly black men and women.
(c) Black gang leaders.
(d) Black businessmen.

10. To where did the mother of the author's son travel when she turned 30?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Atlanta.

11. Why does the author fear the PG County police?
(a) He was in the PG County jail as a teenager.
(b) He offended the mayor of PG County in a newspaper article.
(c) PG County laws are more strict than other areas in Maryland.
(d) PG County officers have a reputation for being violent with black men.

12. What regret does the author have about the friend he made in France?
(a) He was so blinded by past fears he couldn't enjoy the mutual friendship.
(b) He doesn't remember his friend's name.
(c) They haven't kept in touch since he has returned to America.
(d) He didn't remember to write down his friend's phone number.

13. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?
(a) There are too many doors in France.
(b) Humanity is naturally divided into different little worlds.
(c) People are naturally inclined to exclude.
(d) He needed to travel and experience other people.

14. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Prince Jones.
(c) Trayvon Martin.
(d) Eric Garner.

15. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?
(a) Certain realtors refuse to work with black families.
(b) Property values are intentionally spiked in traditionally white neighborhoods.
(c) Neighborhood covenants prohibit black families from buying in certain areas.
(d) Buyers are purposefully steered towards certain neighborhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how much was the slave population worth at the start of the Civil War?

2. What concern does the author have about the lessons he is trying to teach his son?

3. Why does the author believe Prince Jones was willing to die?

4. How many years pass before the author decided to travel overseas with the mother of his son?

5. What does the author mean when he says black children are told to be "twice as good"?

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