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

2. What case before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized Jim Crow segregation in 1896?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) Powell v. Alabama.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Dred Scott v. Sandford.

3. What percentatge of Black families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?
(a) 41%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 71%.
(d) 45%.

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. What is the author's current middle name?
(a) Xavier.
(b) Xolani.
(c) Xalen.
(d) Xanbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert "is the real Black on Black crime" (13) in the Introduction?

2. Where was the school that the author's parents took him to visit, as described in the narrative in Chapter 3?

3. When does the author describe performing in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest in the Introduction?

4. When did the author's family move from New York to Virginia?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, what percentage of Latinx families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

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