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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) White and black.
(c) Male and female.
(d) Wise and foolish.

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

4. According to the author, some black people justify the destruction of black bodies for the sake of:
(a) Controlling the population.
(b) Preservation of order.
(c) Fear.
(d) Keeping the police away.

5. What does the author imagine white parents might tell their children?
(a) Be twice as fearful.
(b) Be twice as nice.
(c) Be twice as successful.
(d) Take twice as much.

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

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

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

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

10. According to the author, how much was the slave population worth at the start of the Civil War?
(a) Four billion dollars.
(b) Four million dollars.
(c) Sixteen billion dollars.
(d) Two hundred thousand dollars.

11. What did the dead boy's mother decide to do after the trial in the chapter "The Dream"?
(a) Shoot the man who murdered her son.
(b) Attack the judge in court.
(c) Plead her son's case before the journalists and writers.
(d) Leave the country.

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

13. How does the author describe Prince Jones?
(a) A baller and a heartless thug.
(b) A dreamer and a poet.
(c) A good Christian and scion of a striving class.
(d) A gentle soul washed away by society.

14. Why was the man on page 112 arguing with the boy in the car?
(a) The boy refused to turn down his music.
(b) The boy was pointing a gun at him.
(c) The man wanted to rob the boy.
(d) The boy was trying to run him over with the car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author react to his son being pushed off the escalator?

2. What does the author remember about Manhattan?

3. What threats were made against the author when his son was pushed off the escalator?

4. Why does the author apologize to his son?

5. According to the author, how is racism experienced through real estate?

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