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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?
(a) They wear the same cloth.
(b) One is a villain and the others heroes.
(c) They are all the same in his eyes.
(d) He cannot judge them as police, but as men.

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

4. According to the author, what is the problem with defining a race?
(a) Races shift based off of who is the "beneath" and who is the "above."
(b) There are too many variations to categorize.
(c) There is more intermarriage in a global society.
(d) Race is a cultural - not genetic - term.

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

6. 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) "Do not speak back or speak up."
(c) "Be twice as good."
(d) "You exist. You matter. You have value."

7. How did the Internet affect the author's writing?
(a) He could find relevant research faster.
(b) His blog made him internationally famous.
(c) He spent far too much time on social media.
(d) He felt a sense of disembodiment.

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

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

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 his son to learn French.
(c) He wanted his son to experience life without fear.
(d) He wanted to become a French citizen.

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

12. 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 girl with the long dreadlocks.
(d) The author's wife.

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

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

15. What emotion did the author experience when sitting in the public garden in Paris?
(a) Fear.
(b) Joy.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who took care of the author's son while his mother was away?

3. What did the author notice as he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?

4. What did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?

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

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