2. Who wrote of the mulatto or biracial person that he is "a degenerate, unnatural offspring, doomed by nature to work out its own destruction" (141)?
(a) Charles Carroll.
(b) Edward Byron Reuter.
(c) Eric Holder.
(d) Josiah Nott.

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

4. What is defined in Chapter 2 as "One who is expressing the racist idea that a racial group is culturally or behaviorally inferior and is supporting cultural or behavioral enrichment programs to develop that group" (30)?
(a) Arbitrator.
(b) Assimilationist.
(c) Segregationist.
(d) Cultural elitist.

5. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
(a) Roanoke.
(b) Manassas.
(c) Charlottesville.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?

2. What novelist cointed the term "colorism"?

3. Who taught the class "The Black Aesthetic" that the author's father attended in college?

4. What are the names of the author's maternal grandparents?

5. What was the nickname of the boy that held a gun on the author on the school bus, as described in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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