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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. Why does the author apologize to his son?
(a) For rambling on about the past.
(b) For speaking so negatively about the world.
(c) For not providing him with a better education.
(d) For being unable to save him from the reality of racism and violence in the world.

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

3. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?
(a) Trayvon Martin.
(b) The girl with the long dreadlocks.
(c) Prince Jones.
(d) The author's wife.

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

5. How did the man who was evicted from his home react to the presence of the police?
(a) He became angry.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He began to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the outcome of the trial on page 112?

2. To where did the author move to in 2001?

3. Whom was the author interviewing in Chicago?

4. What does the author witness while researching a story on the history of segregation in Chicago?

5. Why was the man on page 112 arguing with the boy in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in the significance of the author's vision of Prince Jones in the museum?

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

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

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

5. How did the author's trip to Paris affect his view of what it means to live in a black body?

6. Why did the author move to New York?

7. Why has the author been too afraid to encourage his son to stand up for his rights?

8. According to the author, how is racism experienced through city planning and real estate?

9. What reasons does the author give for the anger of the man who was having his home repossessed?

10. What does the author mean by every country having an "above" and a "below"?

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