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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction - Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where did the author's maternal grandparents move to New York?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

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

4. What percentage of the U.S. prison population in 2016 was comprised of Black and Latinx people?
(a) 23%.
(b) 72%.
(c) 67%.
(d) 56%.

5. By how many votes did Donald Trump win the state of Wisconsin in the 2016 election?
(a) 45,353.
(b) 14,634.
(c) 29,245.
(d) 22,748.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the approximate uninsured rate of African Americans and Latinx Americans when President Barack Obama left office?

2. Wisconsin's strict voter-ID law suppressed approximately how many votes in the 2016 election?

3. Who said in 1965, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" (26)?

4. When does the author describe Soul Liberation performing at the University of Illinois in Chapter 1?

5. Where did the author's father attend college?

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