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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 did the city of Manhattan try to build over a slave burial site?
(a) The Twin Towers.
(b) A park and a museum.
(c) A department store and a government building.
(d) A school.

2. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?
(a) People are naturally inclined to exclude.
(b) There are too many doors in France.
(c) He needed to travel and experience other people.
(d) Humanity is naturally divided into different little worlds.

3. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?
(a) Ffire is at your feet.
(b) A knife is always at your back.
(c) You will always be running headfirst into it.
(d) The hounds are always at your heels.

4. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?
(a) They are all the same in his eyes.
(b) He cannot judge them as police, but as men.
(c) One is a villain and the others heroes.
(d) They wear the same cloth.

5. The author believes that when the body is shattered, what happens?
(a) The spirit lives on.
(b) God takes over.
(c) The soul finds rest.
(d) Everything is shattered.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the memorial service for Prince Jones held?

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

4. According to the author, how much was the slave population worth at the start of the Civil War?

5. What did the dead boy's mother decide to do after the trial in the chapter "The Dream"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the death of the boy on page 112 (Jordan Davis) reinforce the author's theory that the "Dream" is dangerous?

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

4. How, does Coats write, have his eyes been damaged by what he has seen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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