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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 others will make fun of his son.
(d) That his son will be embarrassed by him.

2. What does the author recall always having, even when times were hard?
(a) Money.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Power.

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

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

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

6. 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's mother.
(d) The author.

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

8. What hope does the author have for his son?
(a) That he learns to be "thrice as good."
(b) That he "descend into his own Dream."
(c) That he "learn to live in peace with others."
(d) That he become a conscious citizen of this "terrible and beautiful world."

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

10. 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.

11. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?
(a) Howard University.
(b) The White House.
(c) Arlington Cemetery.
(d) Harvard University.

12. 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 refused to turn down his music.
(c) The man wanted to rob the boy.
(d) The boy was trying to run him over with the car.

13. What does the author remember about Manhattan?
(a) It is where his son was born.
(b) It was where he learned to believe in humanity again.
(c) That is is a beautiful city.
(d) That it once housed slave auctions.

14. Why was the author ashamed of his thoughts as he took his four-year-old son to preschool?
(a) He did not want his son in a multicultural classroom.
(b) He was afraid for his son's safety among all the strange children.
(c) He was jealous of the advantages he was providing for his son.
(d) He was angry that the teachers were white.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?

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

3. Why did the author feel it was unnecessary to forgive the man who killed Prince Jones?

4. According to the author, whom or what do the police reflect?

5. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?

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