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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the author notice as he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?
(a) He was not afraid.
(b) Everyone was smiling.
(c) Everyone was ignoring him.
(d) There was an odd odor.

4. 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 beaten and handcuffed.
(d) He was taken to jail.

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

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

7. How did the man who was evicted from his home react to the presence of the police?
(a) He became angry.
(b) He began to cry.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He was afraid.

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

9. 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.

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

11. What does the author witness while researching a story on the history of segregation in Chicago?
(a) A black family being evicted from their home.
(b) A drive-by shooting.
(c) A bank robbery.
(d) A gang-related shooting.

12. To where did the author move to in 2001?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

13. What threats were made against the author when his son was pushed off the escalator?
(a) None.
(b) He was threatened with a beating.
(c) He was threatened with a gun.
(d) He was threatened with arrest.

14. From what does the author draw joy?
(a) Hope for the future.
(b) Study.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Family.

15. Why does the author believe Prince Jones was willing to die?
(a) Because he believed in God.
(b) For the cause of black power.
(c) For the greater good of man.
(d) In order to protect his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author remember about Manhattan?

2. According to the author, what part of his body has suffered the most?

3. Which protest sign did the author see while in France that reminded him of his blackness?

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

5. According to the author, whom or what do the police reflect?

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