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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Rat.
(d) Smurf.

3. When did the author's mother celebrate her 31st birthday?
(a) June 2, 1998.
(b) June 24, 1982.
(c) September 12, 1980.
(d) March 15, 1995.

4. Where did the author enroll in high school in the ninth grade?
(a) John Browne High School.
(b) George Roberts High School.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
(d) Robert Kennedy High School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote An American Dilemma?

2. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?

3. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?

4. When was An American Dilemma published?

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

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