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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was The Plantation Negro as a Freeman published?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1889.

2. When were the Scottsboro Boys falsely accused of raping two Alabama White women?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1931.

3. Who wrote Dark Ghetto?
(a) Philomena Essed.
(b) Kenneth Clark.
(c) E. Franklin Frazier.
(d) Oscar Lewis.

4. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 10%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 63%.
(d) 26%.

5. Who stated, "America's Black community ... has turned America's major cities into slums because of laziness, drug use, and sexual promiscuity" (115)?
(a) Reverend Jamie Johnson.
(b) Gomes de Zurara.
(c) Eric Holder.
(d) Edward Byron Reuter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?

2. When was Dark Ghetto published?

3. When was The Negro a Beast published?

4. What nickname did the author get named in seventh and eighth grades?

5. When was The Bell Curve published?

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