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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?
(a) Conrad.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ellis.

2. When was Trayvon Martin fatally shot?
(a) September 1, 2006.
(b) July 13, 2013.
(c) December 4, 2006.
(d) February 26, 2012.

3. When did the author join other protestors in marching down North Broad Street for the freedom of the Jena 6?
(a) July 13, 2013.
(b) September 20, 2007.
(c) September 1, 2006.
(d) February 26, 2012.

4. What Heritage Foundation president wrote in 2018, "Being black and the daughter of a former welfare recipient, I know firsthand the unintended harm welfare has caused" (187)?
(a) E. Franklin Frazier.
(b) Kay Coles James.
(c) Oscar Lewis.
(d) Kenneth Clark.

5. According to the author, how much longer do White Americans live over their Black counterparts?
(a) 4.5 years.
(b) 1.5 years.
(c) 2.5 years.
(d) 3.5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "It is very difficult to find in the South today anything that can be traced directly back to Africa" (106) in 1919?

2. Where was the high school located that the author enrolled in for ninth grade?

3. Who said in 1995, "It isn't racist for Whites to say they don't understand why people put up with gangs on the corner or in the projects or with drugs being sold in the schools or in the open" (113)?

4. What is defined in Chapter 2 as "One who is expressing the racist idea that a permanently inferior racial group can never be developed and is supporting policy that segregates away that racial group" (31)?

5. Who wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?

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