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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years pass before the author decided to travel overseas with the mother of his son?
(a) Seven.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

2. According to the author, what part of his body has suffered the most?
(a) His feet.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His heart.
(d) His head.

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

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

5. 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) They haven't kept in touch since he has returned to America.
(c) He didn't remember to write down his friend's phone number.
(d) He doesn't remember his friend's name.

6. According to the author, "In America, it is traditional to destroy the _____" what?
(a) Victim.
(b) Past.
(c) Black body.
(d) Soul.

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

8. What Civil War battlefield did the author visit with his son and nephew?
(a) Elkin's Ferry.
(b) Pea Ridge.
(c) Petersburg Battlefield.
(d) Prairie Grove.

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

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

11. What concern does the author have about the lessons he is trying to teach his son?
(a) That others will tell his son it is an unnecessary part of the past.
(b) That his son will grow bitter and cynical.
(c) That his son will be embarrassed by him.
(d) That others will make fun of his son.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author recall always having, even when times were hard?

3. When the author sees a police officer, he automatically thinks:

4. Whom does the author blame for the death of Prince Jones?

5. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?

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