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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. What event did the author witness on September 11, 2001?
(a) The attack on the Twin Towers.
(b) The bombing of the World Trade Center.
(c) The Great Chicago Fire.
(d) Hurricane Katrina.

2. How does the author describe the love of white families for their children?
(a) Cold.
(b) Dark.
(c) Obsessive.
(d) Spiritual.

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

4. How did the death of Prince Jones affect the author emotionally?
(a) He became numb.
(b) He became enraged.
(c) He became depressed.
(d) He became anxious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the officer who killed Prince Jones dressed?

2. What eventually happened to the officer who shot Prince Jones?

3. What did the author notice as he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?

4. Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?

5. How did the author feel when he strolled his young son through a traditionally white neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are black children told to be "twice as good"?

2. What is the significance of the author's description of the slave burial plot in southern Manhattan?

3. Why did the thought of encountering the Prince George's County patrol officer frighten the author?

4. What reasons does the author give for the woman feeling validated in pushing his son off the escalator?

5. What impact does the death of Prince Jones have on the author?

6. What role has fear played in Samori's (the author's son) life?

7. What lesson does the mother of the boy on page 112 (Lucia McBath) try to impart to the author's son?

8. According to the author, how does the fear of losing one's life promote violence?

9. Why is the author angry and frustrated at the outcome of the investigation of the undercover cop who shot Prince Jones?

10. How does the author contrast black and white societies?

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