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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the author's maternal grandparents?
(a) Mary Ann and Alvin.
(b) Sheila and Carl.
(c) Roberta and James.
(d) Aretha and Jack.

2. How much more likely are African Americans to die of cancer than Whites?
(a) 35%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

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

4. What adored civil-rights lawyer wrote in The New York Times in 1985 that the "remedy ... is not as simple as providing necessities and opportunities," but urged the "overthrow of the complicated predatory ghetto subculture" (33)?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) James Cone.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Eleanor Holmes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Fire Next Time?

2. Who stated, "The blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to whites in the endowments both of body and mind" (27)?

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

4. When does the author describe emerging into racial adolescence when his parents took him to a new school in Chapter 3?

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

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