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

2. To where did the mother of the author's son travel when she turned 30?
(a) Paris.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Rome.

3. What regret does the author have about the friend he made in France?
(a) He was so blinded by past fears he couldn't enjoy the mutual friendship.
(b) He didn't remember to write down his friend's phone number.
(c) They haven't kept in touch since he has returned to America.
(d) He doesn't remember his friend's name.

4. What emotion did the author experience when sitting in the public garden in Paris?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Joy.

5. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?
(a) Arlington Cemetery.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The White House.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author react to his son being pushed off the escalator?

2. What threats were made against the author when his son was pushed off the escalator?

3. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"

4. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?

5. What photographs did the mother of the author's son take while she was away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the author disappointed by the lack of education during his Civil War battlefield tour?

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

3. How does the author compare the flight of Abraham Brian to the fear of the modern black man?

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

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

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

7. Why does the author worry that others will tell his son that the lessons he is trying to teach are an unnecessary part of the past?

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

9. What revelation does the author have about police officers and authority figures after the September 11 attacks?

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

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