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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did the author want to return to Paris with his son?
(a) He wanted his son to experience life without fear.
(b) He wanted to become a French citizen.
(c) He wanted his son to learn French.
(d) He wanted to send his son to a French school.

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

5. 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 hit the woman who pushed his son.
(c) He picked up his son and left silently.
(d) He shoved the woman who pushed his son.

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

7. Who took care of the author's son while his mother was away?
(a) The author's grandmother.
(b) His step-mother.
(c) The author.
(d) The author's mother.

8. Who was Abraham Brian?
(a) A white congressman who lobbied for the rights of free black men.
(b) A slave who led the underground railroad.
(c) A free black man who left his home to escape the threat of slavery.
(d) A black soldier for the Confederacy.

9. 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.

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

11. 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."

12. What question does the author pose about assaulting an officer of the law?
(a) Should offenders of assault be punished or rehabilitated?
(b) Should assaulting an officer be a capital offense?
(c) Should assault be grounds for a broken body?
(d) When violence begets violence, when does the circle end?

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What concern does the author have about the lessons he is trying to teach his son?

3. What does the author remember about Manhattan?

4. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?

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

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