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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's mother attend college?
(a) Baruch College.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Nyack College.
(d) Howard University.

2. What was the nickname of the boy that held a gun on the author on the school bus, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Monster.
(b) Robot.
(c) Smurf.
(d) Rat.

3. Who wrote in The War On Cops, "The core criminal-justice population is the black underclass" (87)?
(a) Isaac La Peyrere.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Heather Mac Donald.
(d) Robert Park.

4. What does the author assert is "the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations" (14) in the Introduction?
(a) Denial.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Rage.
(d) Hatred.

5. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?
(a) Institutional racism.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Systemic racism.
(d) Abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what college was the author accepted, although he did not attend that school?

2. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?

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

4. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?

5. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?

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