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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. How are racism and race linked?
(a) Categorizing people groups inevitably causes a power struggle.
(b) They are not linked.
(c) People don't like what they don't understand.
(d) They are both unfair.

2. What acclaimed history book did Chancellor William write?
(a) By Any Means Necessary.
(b) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
(c) Destruction of Black Civilization.
(d) Notes of a Native Son.

3. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

4. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?
(a) The world is a terrifying place.
(b) There is hope for his escape.
(c) All children live in fear.
(d) There are children in other neighborhoods who do not live in fear.

5. What field did the author pursue after he left Howard University?
(a) Bookselling.
(b) Music.
(c) Archaeology.
(d) Journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author describe as his "wedding ring"?

2. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?

3. According to the author, how does racism affect the body?

4. How old was the author when his son was born?

5. What is the "one-drop" rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author mean when he asks: "How do I live free in this black body?"

2. How does research and study affect the author as a young man?

3. Why did the author's mother encourage him to write?

4. How does the author compare his childhood to that of his son?

5. What is the author's interpretation of "The Dream"?

6. For what reasons did the author's father punish him and why?

7. What role did religion play in the author's childhood?

8. What revelation does the author have about the European perception of Africans during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

9. What does the author mean when he says the school system and the streets are "two arms of the same beast"?

10. How does the author use poetry to express his thoughts?

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