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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Violence.
(c) Education.
(d) Hard work.
2. What sense does the author describe experiencing as he watched television as a child?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Hope.
3. Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus, according to Coats?
(a) Nzinga.
(b) Wiley.
(c) Medici.
(d) Tolstoy.
4. What did the author find unique about Howard University?
(a) All the students were black, but distinctly unique in culture.
(b) All the students were wealthy, regardless of race.
(c) Everyone was treated as an equal, regardless of race.
(d) The professors spent time outside with the students.
5. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?
(a) He had to learn to fight and survive in a more violent environment.
(b) His son's friends are much wilder than his were.
(c) His son is living in "The Dream."
(d) He had more friends than his son does now.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author, slavery transfigured black bodies into:
2. Where did the author meet the mother of his son?
3. How does the author describe the classroom?
4. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot?
5. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did fear shape the author's childhood?
2. What is the symbolism behind the author's son's name?
3. What does the author mean when he says the school system and the streets are "two arms of the same beast"?
4. What is the author's interpretation of "The Dream"?
5. What influence did Malcom X have on the author as a young man?
6. According to the author, how have American police departments been given the right to destroy black bodies without the fear of recrimination?
7. According to the author, what is the purpose of the public school system?
8. What conflicting thoughts does the author have about the civil rights movement of the 1960s?
9. What role did religion play in the author's childhood?
10. What assumptions does the author make about PG County (Prince George's County) police officers and why?
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