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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did the author get named in seventh and eighth grades?
(a) Robot.
(b) Rat.
(c) Smurf.
(d) Bonk.

2. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Robert Park.
(d) Isaac La Peyrere.

3. According to the author, "The 1882 Chinese Restriction Act was exted to an even broader act, encompassing a larger 'Asiatic Barred Zone'" in what year (76)?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1925.

4. Where did the author's father attend college?
(a) Baruch College.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

5. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?
(a) Racial paucity.
(b) Bodily racism.
(c) Cultural racism.
(d) Racial inequity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's current middle name?

2. When was the term "microaggression" coined?

3. How much more likely are African Americans to die of cancer than Whites?

4. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?

5. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?

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