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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. How was the officer who killed Prince Jones dressed?
(a) In plain clothes.
(b) As a homeless man.
(c) In a patrol uniform.
(d) As an undercover drug dealer.

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. The dead boy's mother channeled her anger into _____.
(a) Activism.
(b) Fury.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Numbness.

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

13. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?
(a) A knife is always at your back.
(b) The hounds are always at your heels.
(c) Ffire is at your feet.
(d) You will always be running headfirst into it.

14. According to the author, what has his son never feared?
(a) His body.
(b) People.
(c) Safety.
(d) Health.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?

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

4. What regret does the author have about the friend he made in France?

5. Who was Abraham Brian?

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