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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. Whom does the author describe as his "wedding ring"?
(a) His wife.
(b) God.
(c) His son.
(d) His soul.
2. According to the author, the purpose of the public school system is to:
(a) Inspire minds.
(b) Create conformity.
(c) Provide a safe haven.
(d) Point to the road of success.
3. Whom did the girl with the long dreads love?
(a) Prince Jones.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) The Author.
4. Why does the author feel the interview at the beginning of his memoir was a failure?
(a) He was insulted by a caller to the radio station.
(b) The interviewer discussed hope for racial peace and equality.
(c) No one would comment on his new book.
(d) The interview was cut short.
5. Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus, according to Coats?
(a) Wiley.
(b) Nzinga.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Medici.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
2. What is "The Mecca" that the author describes to his son?
3. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?
4. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?
5. What is PG County?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the author, what is the purpose of the public school system?
2. How does the author define the word "black"?
3. What role did violence play in the author's childhood?
4. Why did the author's mother encourage him to write?
5. What influence did Malcom X have on the author as a young man?
6. What assumptions does the author make about PG County (Prince George's County) police officers and why?
7. According to the author, how has the lack of fathers and father-figures affected black children?
8. Why did the author's son experience such extreme grief when Michael Brown's killer was set free?
9. How does research and study affect the author as a young man?
10. How does the author use poetry to express his thoughts?
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