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

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

3. How did the Internet affect the author's writing?
(a) He could find relevant research faster.
(b) He felt a sense of disembodiment.
(c) His blog made him internationally famous.
(d) He spent far too much time on social media.

4. According to the author, what has his son never feared?
(a) Health.
(b) People.
(c) Safety.
(d) His body.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?

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

3. What did the author notice about white children in Manhattan?

4. According to the author, this son has been cast into "a race in which the wind is always at your face and _____" what?

5. Why does the author apologize to his son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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. Why did the author move to New York?

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

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

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